bumpy ride

Example Sentences

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Shares have been on a bumpy ride this year.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

“After the rally we’ve seen the past three years, we need to be open to a well-deserved bumpy ride this year,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 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

I considered the bumpy ride down Purgatory Hill and into the grove, where I would lean my bike against an old oak and go find my dog.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles