Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lump (up)
Verb
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Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Last month, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh revealed a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain a decade in advance of them appearing prominently in brain scans as a cause of Alzheimer's.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But years of cheese consumption had apparently led to tiny bits of cheese getting down into the mechanism and gumming it up something terrible.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
22 Mar. 2025
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The maneuver eliminates vehicles stacking up in the middle of the main road at the intersection itself, which can often result in turning vehicles sitting through more than one light cycle and spilling over into the through lanes, gumming up the entire roadway.—
John Aguilar,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Relations between the mayor and fire chief curdled badly.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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When printing textiles, gum arabic played the indispensable role of a thickening agent that helped bind dyes on fabric.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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Evangelista later revealed that she had been diagnosed with Paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), a rare side effect that affects less than 1% of CoolSculpting patients, in which the freezing process causes the affected fatty tissue to thicken and expand.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Lump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lump%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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