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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Yes, a bumpy transition could be expected when an 19-year veteran gets swapped out for somebody pushing 22 in Kenneth Grant — granted he was selected with the 13th pick — yet the results have been extremely underwhelming.
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Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The interior only reinforces that theme, with large buttons and switches that stay easy to operate while a driver wears gloves or is trundling over bumpy trails.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Life lessons are being taught as well as musical ones, but the process is bumpy, with Watts' Mashkan pulling the occasional authoritarian old-master trick on Hoffman.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
It's characterized by its distinctive pink, bumpy body.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The interior only reinforces that theme, with large buttons and switches that stay easy to operate while a driver wears gloves or is trundling over bumpy trails.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Life lessons are being taught as well as musical ones, but the process is bumpy, with Watts' Mashkan pulling the occasional authoritarian old-master trick on Hoffman.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
It's characterized by its distinctive pink, bumpy body.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 19 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.
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