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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Traveling to Patagonia National Park, a 650,000-acre expanse in southern Chile, requires a bumpy drive—of up to five hours—along a largely unpaved road from the nearest commercial airport, in Balmaceda.
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Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't the only bumpy ride of his past few years.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Getty Images China stocks extended declines on Friday in a bumpy start to the new year, despite gains in the broader Asia-Pacific region, as investors assessed Beijing’s policy signals.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Now, the Good News Yellowstone: The road to the second half of the Paramount Network hit was a bumpy one, to understate by a huge degree.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
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Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't the only bumpy ride of his past few years.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Getty Images China stocks extended declines on Friday in a bumpy start to the new year, despite gains in the broader Asia-Pacific region, as investors assessed Beijing’s policy signals.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Now, the Good News Yellowstone: The road to the second half of the Paramount Network hit was a bumpy one, to understate by a huge degree.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
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 22 Jan. 2025.
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