bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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If the first quarter of the year was bumpy, the second could be much more treacherous.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
And while the path back in a notoriously fickle sport was bumpy, Liu took a big step forward with her second-place finish to Glenn at the U.S. championships.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The road was bumpy, to be sure, but a big step was her second-place finish to Glenn at the U.S. championships.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
And while the path back in a notoriously fickle sport was bumpy, Liu took a big step forward with her second-place finish to Glenn at the U.S. championships.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The road was bumpy, to be sure, but a big step was her second-place finish to Glenn at the U.S. championships.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
The Upshot For Student Loan Borrowers The return of student loan payments was always likely to be bumpy, but the sheer scale of delinquency now emerging could raise red flags.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bumpy
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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