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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For example, Miura said the Shizuoka track is so bumpy that chair wheels tend to catch on the ground.
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Cawthorn’s bumpy two-year ride through Congress included several controversies, including the seemingly debunked claim that he’d been invited to attend a VIP orgy.
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Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2026
But the road to further innovation has been a bumpy one.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
For example, Miura said the Shizuoka track is so bumpy that chair wheels tend to catch on the ground.
—Trista Kurniawan, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Cawthorn’s bumpy two-year ride through Congress included several controversies, including the seemingly debunked claim that he’d been invited to attend a VIP orgy.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
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 4 Apr. 2026.
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