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.
  • The head coach has had a bumpy ride through the 2022 season.
    — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Dec. 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
  • Stocks are off to a bumpy start in the early days of 2024.
    — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The result is a ride that feels smooth and bumpy in all the right places.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • The scans revealed a bumpy horn at the tip of the sauropod’s nose.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The road ahead will no doubt be very bumpy for some time.
    — Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Either way, the new episode is sure to lead us on quite the bumpy ride.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The last few years have been bumpy ones for the coffee-store chain.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The stock market took us on a bumpy, scary ride in 2020.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Still, the jobs report signals a bumpy path ahead for the Fed.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Zip-up hoodies have been on a bumpy ride in the past few decades.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Chinese stocks have had a bumpy ride over the last few weeks.
    — Weilun Soon, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
  • But that wasn't the only bumpy ride of his past few years.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But there are also signs that the road back to the Fed’s 2% goal could be long and bumpy.
    — Craig Torres, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • But there is going to be a long and bumpy road ahead of us.
    — Edward Lee, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2021
  • She's had a bumpy health scare last year but all clear now.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • William and Kate had a bumpy start to their royal tour.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Each time a stone is thrown, the ice’s bumpy surface will change.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2020
  • My peer was a guy whose fear dated back to a bumpy flight.
    — Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • But the path to get to commercial flights has been bumpy.
    — Sabine Martin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2024
  • In the six weeks since high school sports returned to Iowa, things have been bumpy.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • There will be times when the road seems bumpy, but never give up.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Be prepared for a 20-minute bumpy ride to the canyon, which takes about an hour to walk through.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The world’s fourth-largest economy has got off to a bumpy start this year.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • It’s been a bumpy road for Halo developers Bungie over the last few years.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • Still, for Black federal employees, trying to advance through the ranks of the civil service can be a bumpy road.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025

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