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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In the United States, the bumpiest routes are dominated by flights crisscrossing the Rocky Mountains to and from Denver and Salt Lake City.
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Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The beginning of ninth grade was already shaping up to be a bumpy transition for then-14-year-old Elliott.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Their trip quickly hits a bumpy patch when Elliot accidentally hits a unicorn with his car, a mistake that will come to haunt him.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Following years of complaints, Oakland’s leaders removed the city’s animal services from the police department’s control in 2015, a bumpy transition for the shelter.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The beginning of ninth grade was already shaping up to be a bumpy transition for then-14-year-old Elliott.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Their trip quickly hits a bumpy patch when Elliot accidentally hits a unicorn with his car, a mistake that will come to haunt him.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Following years of complaints, Oakland’s leaders removed the city’s animal services from the police department’s control in 2015, a bumpy transition for the shelter.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 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 Aug. 2025.
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