lumps

Example Sentences

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I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The new reporting lumps Nvidia’s gaming chips in with chips for cars, robots, video, and scientific workstations, representing about 8% of first-quarter sales.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Then I realized for the first time that she had tumor lumps all over her body.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The ground is soft and marshy, cluttered in the soggy brown muck of decayed leaves, squishy lumps of moss.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day