rump

Example Sentences

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"We get really nice fruit and veg in, biscuits - last week we had some really nice rump steak which went down a storm."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

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

Ma falled into a ball and Stanky set in to doing that heavy rump shaking and tail wagging that dogs do when they’s looking to ’pologize for something they done.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis