Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lump (up)
Verb
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Three skinny fries clumped together and dunked into your favorite condiment will always hit.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025 -
Feel free to layer this buildable formula for a more dramatic finish without clumping or webbing in the process.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Lean harder on the accelerator, Just a little further, just a little Faster, through the hellgate to the highway, With all its molten rubber and melting Asphalt sinking sharp and gumming the lungs.—
Rowan Ricardo Phillips,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The issue came up for Senate Republicans at a conference-wide meeting Wednesday, where some were itching to lower the cap but wary of gumming things up for Johnson.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Wife guy, always a little mocking, curdled into the plainly pejorative.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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That those possibilities curdle into exploitation is a result of Elisabeth’s own making.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Byrne camps up the vocals, hooting, hollering, snarling, yelping and whooping; Harrison thickens the guitar mix; Tina and Chris drive the rhythm; and songs tumble one into the next like a great, sweaty-ass DJ set.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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Both ice creams start with the same classic technique: gently heating milk and cream, tempering in the egg yolks, and cooking until the custard thickens.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
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“Lump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lump%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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