clumped

past tense of clump

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clumped The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025 Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025 Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze. Blair Braverman, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025 Matter clumped and clustered together under the relentless pull of gravity, and structures grew and grew on progressively larger scales. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025 Time for some more electrolytes, but it’s clumped in the tube! R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025 The NewCows the drones brought us were odd animals, and even odder once clumped together in a herd. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumped
Verb
  • And after Paulsen’s five seasons in Washington, several of those Shanahan-tree coaches indeed shuffled Paulsen from building to building, staff to staff.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Backpacks borne and carry-ons in tow, travelers at Miami International Airport shuffled through serpentine security lines on Friday.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At Stella McCartney, a pair of slouchy patent leather square-toe boots stomped down the catwalk.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When Empower Field hosted the CONCACAF Nations League final between the United States and Mexico in 2021, the building stomped and shook like a Saturday at College Station, Texas, or Madison, Wis.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But even on a night where Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards scored 31, no one was better than Dončić, who only stumbled when the Lakers tried to get him to 50 points.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Abdi stumbled, and only kept himself upright by leaning with both hands on his cane.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Clumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumped. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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