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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Wall Street was bumpy yesterday.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
Well, geese and chickens don’t actually have bumpy skin.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025
Gray took a seat near the front and dozed off almost immediately, despite the short, bumpy ride up the hill to the UC pharmacy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
The original film version of The Running Man traveled a far bumpier road than its new counterpart.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
Well, geese and chickens don’t actually have bumpy skin.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025
Gray took a seat near the front and dozed off almost immediately, despite the short, bumpy ride up the hill to the UC pharmacy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
The original film version of The Running Man traveled a far bumpier road than its new counterpart.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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