lumps

Example Sentences

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When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Generally, people with the infection have painful lumps, blisters of swollen skin - but he had no obvious signs, with what looked like burns appearing on his foot only after it had taken hold.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Cheesethief limped slowly up, covered in ugly lumps.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques