bumpy ride

Example Sentences

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It’s been a bumpy ride lately for air travelers.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

The UK has had a bumpy ride at Eurovision since Sam Ryder took second place four long years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

If the stock market’s reaction to Kevin Warsh is any guide, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for investors over the next few months.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

It was probably because of all the rushing around, and on top of that the bumpy ride, the smell of gasoline, and the glare of the sky and the road, that I dozed off.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus