rump
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He had just separated the new Muslim state of Pakistan from the now-independent rump of largely Hindu India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Water and other specialties stay behind in the rump DuPont.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
But when the show’s first Hamlet, ambulated by an Oxford-trained actor named Dipo Ola, performs a few lines, he’s instantly more compelling than the sight of ParTeb shaking his rump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
HTS has roots in al-Qaeda, though it broke with the group in 2016 and at times has fought its rump loyalists.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
I went into the barn, put our books down on the grain bins, and went to rub Rosie’s rump — even though she’d rather have Joseph do it.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
All the other elephants in his herd run to him at the first sign of trouble; during calmer times, they willingly present him with their rumps in a seeming sign of submission.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
It has long been assumed that the primary hosts for avian flu are dabbling ducks, such as mallards, teals and shovelers, that feed on the surface and just below with their rumps in the air.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
If you watch their weight over their rumps, that's where they usually lose it if they can't handle what you're giving them.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2012
The same dividers that separated the horses swung behind their rumps, boxing them in.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
The little fish leaped from the water to show the smooth shine of their finned tails and the rabbits turned their rumps so the Terrible Things could see for themselves.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
Vocabulary lists containing rump
