rump

Example Sentences

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Of the rump of 55 seats Fidesz will occupy in the new Parliament, currently only 12 are from individual constituencies, and the rest are from the party lists.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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

Every few steps she would poke Rowdy in his rump with the broom and he seemed to be liking it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls