hump

Example Sentences

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Though it hasn’t closed off road access to Camel’s Hump, the town installed more no-parking signs over the summer and tried towing vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Ahead of a tell-all show at the Corn Exchange in Brighton, Stephens described his 20s as a “whirlwind” in which Rizzle Kicks had hits including Down With the Trumpets and Mama Do the Hump.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

“He was a navigator … and flew the Hump over the Himalayas and into China,” said Barry Bartindale, one of Bartindale’s sons, via email.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

John Hump kept me on the edge of my seat—and long beyond the life of my battery-powered tape recorder—as he described the government's indifference to his family's complaints of trespass and invasion.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

Charlie would no more forget her than the snow would forget to fall on Camel’s Hump Mountain.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson