How To Use Lump In A Sentence

Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
But it is worthwhile teasing this apart a little, unbinding the different aspects of rhetorics lumped together in one component and separating out the semiotic layering (i.e. the use of metaphor and metonym) stuck in with the second. On the Sublime
She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life. LADY BE GOOD
The clump is the den area, and to the right are a couple of badger kids. Archive 2009-06-01
He was a scrawny Barbary Macaque with matted, clumpy hair. BETTER LESSONS • by Aaron Polson

My hand came into contact with a small lump.
Everything else is kind of lumped into the "overbooked" category that people say we see far too often in TNA. PWTorch.com
Second, lump sum payments are worked out on the basis of an assumed life expectancy.
‘We tooted and tooted,’ says Harry, ‘until the white sugar lump melted into the pale horizon.’
Eventually almost all postwar writers whose work departs significantly from convention have come to be labeled "postmodernist," a term that has definable meaning but that also has been used as an aid in this lashing-out, a way to further disparage such writers both by lumping them together indiscriminately and by identifying their work as just another participant in literary fashion. Postmodernism
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
For the kids the knee-jerk tourist products are wooden toys, but they are lumpish, boring objects, unlikely to appeal to any but the most simple-minded of toddlers.
The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens.
The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating round a clump of trees.
Granted, people often clump together for mutual protection from an outside enemy. Christianity Today
Another disease caused by a fungus is “actinomycosis”, which in cattle and other animals is called “lumpy jaw”. A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases
No creditor is gonna want want a piece of your sweet assets these days unless you've got a nice fat down payment and a plunging debt-to-income ratio that reveals a nice plump credit score. How To Be A Sexy Borrower - The Consumerist
His dark hair lay cropped close to his head like a monk's tonsure and his small black eyes sat deep within their sockets like tiny pieces of coal buried in a lump of snow.
The tribesmen were all bunched together in clumps, and they too seemed frenzied with excitement.
McCain is nothing but a nebish and shlimazl ... just like this shlump of a preacher ... McCain officially rejects Hagee endorsement
I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday.
Arrange clumps of fig and peach over the cream. Times, Sunday Times
His thin, white hair was clumped in oily points that yellowed at the tips.
Worse the loutish boys galumphed over and started acting as unwanted ballboys for our game.
She was sure the apartment above had a lump which protruded upward from the floor.
He put his hand into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a bubbly, burnt lump of clinker rock. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Roger appeared with a plump stubborn Welsh pony, attached to a funny little cart which he gayly informed them was a "gingle. The Spanish Chest
The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun
A statue, for instance, is a kind of object which, unlike a lump of bronze, cannot survive much change to its shape.
The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.
She is slumped on a bed in a cubicle, with a fair number of friends and family milling around her. Times, Sunday Times
The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun
The children would gather in a noisy clump at the rear window to shout encouragement and offer coaching tips to their pursuer.
Their yaks share these high, sunny pastures with blue sheep and plump marmots.
A team of chemists found that when certain substances are diluted in water, the molecules clump together instead of getting further apart, as common sense would suggest.
Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish.
The dough is twisted into a rope-like strip and pelletized into small lumps.
He was rather plump, and was wearing a ridiculous hat.
Even as a child I had heard what a monadnock was - a huge lump of rock rising above rolling forests, a big hunk scraped bare but still left after the icecap had gone back.
There was nothing that bothered him more than seeing his friends in bad moods, for he knew what it felt like to be in a slump.
It also uses hyaluronic acid, kigelia extract and isoleucine to plump out crepy skin. Times, Sunday Times
For the sake of sanity, radio shows and other broadcasts are lumped in with "bootlegs" -- the term bootleg is taken to be anything not released by the band on one of its official record companies. DISCOGRAPHY: Genesis, by Scott McMahan
Throwing my heart monitor out the window I plumped (no pun intended) for the dessert of fresh profiteroles served with butterscotch sauce.
He slumped forward, the knife buried deep in his chest.
The airline industry is currently in a slump.
Unlike his characters, known for galumphing around European capitols, his team is on a far more appreciable quest of rooting though Washington, Philadelphia and New York.
Marine base in the province until, one day soon, the American military can install him in an “abandoned government building” or simple "a clump of ruins" in that city. Fixing What's Wrong in Washington... in Afghanistan
Described as plump, fleshy, bitter, salty and succulent all at once, their taste remains on the palate long after swallowing.
Having held Grange to 177-9, Prestwick looked in some trouble as they slumped to 18-2 in their eleventh over.
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office.
The path, when we get down again into the tree-fern region, is inches deep in mud and water, and several places where we have a drop of five feet or so over lumps of rock are worse work going down than we found them going up, especially when we have to drop down on to amomum stems. Travels in West Africa
Lena found her there a minute later, slumped down in the piles of paper, listlessly pawing through them, disconnected and withdrawn, a mental patient in a dayroom. NEVER WAVE GOODBYE
You should not see large clumps of flour in the batter.
He can afford to sit out the property slump.
But action filmmaking knows no restraint and so the plotline galumphs on to its inevitable conclusion.
With large clumps dig up the entire plant and split using back-to-back garden forks pushed together. Times, Sunday Times
There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some outposts of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive.
As reported at ThinkProgress, Joe the Deacon, had this to say about replacing baby Jesus with a lump of Christmas coal in Silent Night: "I'll put my years as a Sunday school teacher, church deacon and church musician up against just about anybody else when it comes to understanding hymnology and respect for religious traditions. Justin Callaway: Joe the Deacon and the Church of Clean Coal Carolers: How to Faith-wash Green-washing
The outlay to make forged clay bullae -- clay lumps used to seal papyri and packages -- and add a biblical name to them is virtually nothing, and these things go for anywhere from $100,000 on up depending on what is on the bulla. Conversations: Forgery Fallout
Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expands from the original planting.
And I can hear the clump clump clump of the three posh post-university flatsharing chums thumping about their flat upstairs, slamming doors, shouting to each other and walking heavy-footed across my dream-flat.
Those in the front heard her voice coming around the sides of the megaphone, those in the back heard the amplified version, and the clump in the middle heard echoes.
Every time I fly into New Zealand I get a lump in my throat, but I'm always convinced it's the plastic airline food.
We no longer lump seals, whales, dolphins and fish all together. Times, Sunday Times
The two kinds of slumps have another distinguishing feature. The Guide to Greatness in Sales
Back then, messenger companies would lump all the pickups and deliveries together on one invoice.
Once flowering is over, lift and divide overgrown clumps of bearded irises. Times, Sunday Times
In Shakespeare's "Henry IV," the rotund, free-living Falstaff character was known as Plump Jack, famous for his speech defending jovial indulgences--"banish plump Jack and banish all the world. To Ski Or Not To Ski
This will help the granola to form crispy clumps without extra oil. The Sun
Saturate lump sugar with bitters in a thick tumbler or mug.
Some problems may be detected-and treated-early by examining your pet weekly for lumps, bumps and skin irritations.
These uncomfortable lumps are caused by too much pressure on the blood vessels around your bottom. The Sun
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
If I didn't trust the stock market to create a lump sum to pay off my home loan when it matured, then why on earth did I trust it to produce enough for my retirement pot at the end of my working life?
Gently work the butter into the flour until there are no lumps left.
The only worry is me and the fat lump of lard can see the hot tub from our pundit's position. The Sun
The lamp's dim yellow light showed him to be seated, or rather slumped, in his big armchair.
Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub. Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
Don't linger over the options, just plump for one straight away. Times, Sunday Times
Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually exhausted. Artichoke
Once each clump grew to about 500 metal atoms, the platinum catalyzed its own growth and formed large, branching sheets that spread over the surface of the liposomes.
Everywhere in the 19th century students of folklore itself a newly invented word plumped up their local legends, sagas and fairy tales just as much as Jacob Grimm and Richard Wagner did in Germany. Hitler's Golden Book
In addition, the rural population is sometimes seen as a specific class in Marx's historical writings, as is the Lumpenproletariat (“dregs of society”), so that we obtain an image of society, which, far from the usual dichotomic or trichotomic image, is differentiated into several strata with multiple interests. CLASS
Further, interphase nuclei appeared disintegrated and some mitotic figures were clumped together.
My pulmonarias have been lovely this year, clumps of frosted leaves and pink and lilac flowers throughout the garden hiding the dying foliage of snowdrops and mingling with forget-me-nots.
Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some credence to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
Complex chemical molecules began to clump together to form microscopic blobs - cells. The Sun
A plump, fast running bird which keeps to the undergrowth, the black francolin only flies when disturbed.
The cause of the disastrous slump in economic activity was bad policy rather than anything integral to the capitalist economy. Times, Sunday Times
I swallowed the lump that had gathered in my throat and whispered the words back.
Fully plump, after indulging in a complete Jamaican breakfast on the plane: ackee, saltfish, coco-bread and plantain chips something I would definitely not recommend before doing on-camera work at a lingerie show, I landed in Kingston ready to "dutty wiiine" it up--or at least relax and make a quick stop at the delectable Manley Airport veggie juice bar for a healthy detox. Chie Davis: Kingston Lingerie and Swimwear Fashion Show
Slumping forward onto the gigantic gadget, he mumbled, Good luck finding enough ice for hockey on this dustball. Reap the Whirlwind
So even as they mutter racist slogans, members of Siberia's Lumpenproletariat benefit from proximity to the dragon.
Next, he says that if one wants to add value, one stays out of tug-of-war and instead looks for issues or positions that are outside of the standard clumps. Ideological Games of Tug-of-War, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
It may take more than a slump in the housing sector to dampen that enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times
The waiter, almost literally staggering under the weight, plumped a huge oval plateful of sizzling ribs in front of Lili.
The swing style of the jacket is perfect for hiding any lumps and bumps you might have. The Sun
Topped with shredded carrots and a very sweet dressing, it also featured plump raisins sprinkled throughout, a very nice touch.
No-neck goons in black turtlenecks and lumpy suit jackets are fine if you want to hit a dance club with a posse, but they are not effective for executives.
The refrigerator door was wide open, and he was lying just behind it, slumped face downwards.
I'll be getting the insurance money in two lumps.
It's like trying to hold a lump of jelly with knitting wool. Times, Sunday Times
First, the distributed parameter model and the lumped parameter model of transmission line are given.
To escape a drenching, I sheltered in a clump of trees.
Ireland was the first eurozone country to succumb to the slump. The Sun
Ick. Why MSNBC keeps him on is a mystery to me (and is lumped into the same mystery of why Maureen Dowd and David broder, for instance, have such an unhealthy fascination with the sexual activities of politicisn -- seriously, they're just strange, aren't they?) Chris Matthews, On Whether MSNBC Supports Obama: "Well, It's Not Official"
The Spanish bank, which has about two-thirds of its loan book in mortgages, earlier today reported a slump in fourth-quarter profit as revenue from lending plunged.
A mighty swipe had knocked the plump grey catnip mouse out of the bag and Ackroyd leaped for it with a hunting cry. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
Now that debt is scarce and share prices have slumped, it is a death sentence. Times, Sunday Times
It is no more than a cleverly crafted lump of inorganic matter; its shape and working parts are contrived to facilitate the intended function: the switching around of the circuitry in clearly defined ways.
Until you have a clear idea of your future plans put any lump sum redundancy into a high interest instant access account. Say Goodbye to Debt
With his debut novel, he also took some lumps as a literary stylist.
The mixture will look lumpy because of the rice. Times, Sunday Times
Most English historians were cured of such flatulent emotion by the carnage of the first world war, the desolation of the great slump and the perilously tight margin of victory in the second world war.
But, as we reported last week, the company have finally plumped for their own services.
A certain Goodsir Canty's cornhouse stood near them in a clump of trees beside the road, and as the door was open they crept in, gulped down great "chunks" of cake, distributed vast slices of what was left about their persons, Obed taking by far the lion's share, and then they parted, vowing eternal secrecy. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
No matter what you do you still look like a schlump.
Complex chemical molecules began to clump together to form microscopic blobs - cells. The Sun
I will think carefully about how to place the clumps during the planting work in December. Times, Sunday Times
She plumped herself on the couch, looking and sounding exhausted.
Continue sifting until all of the clumps from the fragrance are worked into the powder and it is free-flowing. Anti-Talc - Day Two - Fragrance and Color
A single very small spherical shell is characterized by a lumpy to ragged surface and numerous short spines.
On our way from school in spring, a favourite pastime was to set fire to clumps of furze that grew in fields along the road.
Hetta was a short, plump, demure young woman, with the softest smoothed hair, and the brownest brightest eyes. Tales of all countries
Now the engineers have proudly announced the discovery of no fewer than five clumps of louseworts safely beyond the proposed dam site.
The ads promote a quick physical exam, called palpation, in which doctors feel for unusual lumps in the thyroid, a small gland in the front of the neck. NYT > Home Page
The proposal assumes, as seems reasonable, that the relation of constitution only ever obtains between persisting objects which are composite, as are the statue and the lump of bronze.
They clustered here and there in little clumps, whispering, while Reynard's crew scurried around reefing the sails.
(in this case a bar of so called "nougat" which was really just a lump of sugar). An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy
He slumps in the auditorium, worrying that his mother is rambling or sermonising.
But this lump of gold she had to earn. Times, Sunday Times
Yet lumpish Jane's fairytale romance is left stranded on the roadside by the self-centered pragmatism of robbers on the run.
She wore a pearl necklace to match those on her dress and even her hair, a tower of blonde streaked curls done up in such a fashion that a few loose strands framed her plumpish face perfectly, was adorned with strands of pearls.
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I'm suddenly overcome by a surge of unhappiness and slump down on the desk, resting on my bloated belly, burying my face in the comforting but annoyingly podgy darkness of my arms.
Pass the sauce through a sieve to remove any lumps.
One of the strangest fish you might encounter in spring is the male lumpsucker, which is left in shallow water guarding and nurturing his egg clutch after mating.
Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe.
Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners.
Wet the powder thoroughly and mix to remove lumps.
Some scientists lump ocean water with meteoric, whereas others regard it as a separate type of water in hydrothermal systems.
This allows them to receive tax relief on the contribution and use the lump sum to buy an annuity. Times, Sunday Times
Oil prices have slumped quite badly in recent months.
The sculptor chiselled the lump of marble into a fine statue.
Because these days, they are all lumped together and held in such low esteem. The Sun
This yard, however, had been transformed into a lush garden full of plump, red, juicy tomatoes.
Actually they're bean flakes that plump up to become frijoles after you add boiling water.
The slump leaves the Government strapped for cash forcing National Savings to compete aggressively for money.
Badly performed nose jobs can result in lumps where the cut surface of bone or cartilage pushes against the skin. Times, Sunday Times
Splashes of yellow and pink are supplied by clumps of daffodils and bergenia.
Cram the lumps of chicken into hot pitta bread with the spiced yoghurt and some shredded crisp lettuce.
He sees no reason to stop now I had spent the previous night galumphing gracelessly up and down the village hall of Strathmiglo, in the heart of the Howe of Fife.
Eventually they came clumping down the stairs - for their fancy dress they had all dressed up as school girls.
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
Oh, and I had no idea that, last year, Greg Paul (a notorious taxonomic "lumper" since at least the '80s) split the taxon Iguanodon into Iguanodon, Mantellisaurus, and Dollodon. "But I could sleep with you there. I could sleep with you there."
On the other is the open-air lounge, with a fully stocked bar and comfy Indonesian daybeds with plump throw pillows, and low tables that double as footrests.
I used to obsess over mine - not because it was especially big or small or lumpen or anything, but because everyone else could do something with theirs, which I couldn't.
The card is a froth of glitter and highly scrumpled clumps of tissue paper.
Blitz for a few seconds until the dough clumps together (if doing this by hand it may take longer). Times, Sunday Times
What looks like one phenomenon to a lumper may look like three to a splitter.
Lavender, rosemary and thyme gathered in thick clumps under the windows, with poinsettias, passionflower, marigolds, marguerites and hollyhocks growing wild in the borders.
She wasn't a totally overweight woman; just a bit plump from all the snacks and goodies she constantly ate throughout the day.
I tried a (free with coupon) lip plumper from a chain body and bath place and it felt like someone was rubbing fiberglass across my lips ... they felt injured after about 10 minutes. Do my lips look plump?
The lumpen city mayor, meanwhile, has a plan: bulldoze the former homes of the poor, introduce city-wide internet access and build seven new casinos.
The worst stock market slump in 30 years has hammered global financial stocks, raising fears about the capital strength of banks and insurers.
Lumps of capital investment from surprising places will also be discerned: the national investment portfolios of oil states, the capital-flight of third world potentates on the take.
Swaggering along in their check suits, gold chains, lumpy rings and billycocks, they were pointed out by name or exploit.
On the opposite end of the scale, SUVs are large, heavy lumps that transport people and stuff looking marginally ‘cooler’ than wagons and vans.
That year, copper slumped by more than 60% between July and December, as investors bet that the near-collapse of the financial system would unhinge world copper demand. Copper Falls to 2011 Lows
He also told a male that the lump on his head was his skull.
The spree took place in the depths of a property slump. Times, Sunday Times
I've been called a lot of different things in the last couple of years, but ‘a plump, wrinkly old washerwoman from Fez, Morocco’ wasn't one of them.
Grandmother Hastings was short and plumpy and her white hair was curly and her eyes were blue. Brother and Sister
Bog spavins can be large and highly visible, and make horse-owners very nervous, but they're just lumps - not lamenesses.
Cages holding lumps in ratty jackets lined the opposite wall. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Buried deep within their tissue and fibres lie the reasons for your weight gain and energy slumps, your height loss and declining health. Times, Sunday Times
After a few days, the sought after botrytis-infected grape can rot further by the action of another fungus into a gooey grey lump.
In one corner, you'll find an enclave of butchers, delicatessen and food stalls, including a cluster selling plump, briny Gower cockles and fresh laverbread. Swansea's top 10 budget eats
Polyps are simply lumps of gristle in your stomach. The Sun
Besides, there was also some Indonesian food such as sate ayam, bakmi goreng, lumpia, bakwan, rempeyek, kembang goyang and kerupuk ikan. Scand News for S.E.A - Scandinavian News Portal for Southeast Asia
It was violent, and it was nasty, and it galumphed right along. THE ANTHOLOGIST
It is regularly derided as one of the worst songs in musical history, but it still gives me a lump in my throat and an ache in my heart.
Kim and Coquette spent their days curled around each other in sunny spots like Siamese wreaths, and Mom’s Persian Ming Ming spent hers down at the water hole catching barble—plump catfish that tasted of mud. Rainbow’s End
Enter the UglyRipe, a lumpen, misshapen, odd duck of a tomato grown near Naples, Florida.
With so many brands and types of wine on the shelves, many bemused Scottish consumers plump for a bottle because the design on the label looks good.
For the last ten years, like a lump of bread dough without yeast, our consumption rates have refused to rise.
But, as I hinted above, I'd also peek under that slightly lumpy corner of the rug.
Jon plumped for the main course of skewered collops of Mallaig monkfish, but wasn't too keen on the other half of the combo, that Shetland salmon.
Again, there are echoes of Shakespeare, who liked to coin words such as vasty, steepy, and plumpy. On useful tautology
Anticoagulant drugs help prevent the formation of harmful clots in blood vessels by decreasing the blood's ability to clump together.
Seeking to assuage fears that Argos could be losing ground to rivals, Mr. Duddy said the store had maintained its market share in consumer electronics and the slump in demand was industrywide. Retailers Slump as Argos Sales Plummet
“But the men have to understand that they may not waste even a lump, drop, or drip of coal, lamp oil, pyroligneous fuel, or ether for the spirit stoves.” The Terror
Potential difficulties were solved when he caused to be constructed for himself a fine, plump, hollow pullet out of papier mâché, the breast being composed of two lids.
It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped.
She was not exactly your blonde bombshell type: plump, short, always casually dressed, and bitingly acerbic whenever she had the chance.
Shops have seen a ten per cent slump since the study. The Sun
Of the lumpen masses, 1.5 million died in concentration camps and 1.3 million in the war against the outside world.
He lay slumped in the corner, his nose and eyes always the mushiest part of him. Getting Put On

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