lumpy

Example Sentences

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Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Even before the pandemic, bottled water had overtaken External link soda as the nation’s most popular beverage by volume after years External link of decline for carbonated soft drinks—a category where demand remains lumpy.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Aircraft orders are lumpy from month to month and the planes take a few years to build.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Every time I do, I think of Jo charging into that doomed kitchen with “perfect faith in her own powers” and emerging with blackened bread and lumpy blancmange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Something prickled in her eyes as she took in their earthy smell and thought of Mama, but she worked until she’d created a lumpy paste.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray