How to Use bumpy in a Sentence

bumpy

adjective

• The road is very bumpy.
• The flight was very bumpy.
• The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
• Hims still faces a bumpy road ahead.
  — Naomi Kresge, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
• The road doesn’t have to be bumpy.
  — Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• The flight can be bumpy, but the views alone are worth it!
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
• The journey has been bumpy of late.
  — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
• That means a bumpier road ahead.
  — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
• The road to approval for any drug can be bumpy.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
• The city with the most potholes and bumpy streets?
  — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
• Chinese stocks have had a bumpy ride over the last few weeks.
  — Weilun Soon, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
• There will be times when the road seems bumpy, but never give up.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2023
• Years of hard service on bumpy roads can warp their screws and bolts.
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 2 Nov. 2021
• The plane came down hard, fast and bumpy, yet stuck the landing.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
• Each time a stone is thrown, the ice’s bumpy surface will change.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2020
• The last few years have been bumpy ones for the coffee-store chain.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
• Zip-up hoodies have been on a bumpy ride in the past few decades.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2023
• The process of building his Sphere was bumpy.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• The result is a ride that feels smooth and bumpy in all the right places.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
• It's been a bumpy ride for mortgage rates this year, to say the least.
  — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• Either way, the new episode is sure to lead us on quite the bumpy ride.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
• The Dow has been on a bit of a bumpy ride in the last two months.
  — Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• Plus the best way to ensure your safety on those bumpy rides.
  — Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
• The eyewall winds provide for more than a bumpy ride.
  — Scott Withers, CBS News, 31 May 2026
• It's been a bit bumpy, as these things usually are.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
• For most of us in post-vaxx life, going back to the world has been a bumpy ride.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2021
• The scans revealed a bumpy horn at the tip of the sauropod’s nose.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020
• However, the road ahead may be bumpy.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
• These bumpy strips will represent the bones.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
• The world’s fourth-largest economy has got off to a bumpy start this year.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024