Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schlumps
Noun
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026 -
And speaking of the idiots who run college football, the sport had one-fourth of its playoff coaches accepting other jobs before the playoffs even began, and has the transfer portal opening before the playoffs even come to an end.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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August is when blockheads get cut.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But hey, at least these dopes get a periodic recess, right?—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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Tyler has been off planting a false trail that the cops immediately fall for because Jericho law enforcement is three Normie dopes in a trench coat.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Keeping your elbows close to your torso, use your biceps (the muscles on the front of your arms, between your elbows and shoulders) to draw both dumbbells up toward your shoulders.—
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
11 Jan. 2026
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That includes rare discounts on Hoka sneakers, Garmin’s Fenix 8 and reliable dumbbells for home workouts.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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The few visible trails had been kept open by the passage of wild donkeys descended from colonial-era pack animals.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Schlumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schlumps. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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