stump

Example Sentences

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"We have jobs, but we don't make anything," he added, as he took an axe to a tree stump in a neighbouring plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

But like the former congressman, Talarico has an extra “it” factor on the stump and in interviews.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

Brian Hebert, an avocational paleontologist from Nova Scotia, located the small skull inside a fossilized tree stump during a field season led by Hillary Maddin, a professor of paleontology at Carleton University.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

The first of those, delivered Monday, sounded in many ways like a campaign stump speech, except longer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

I sought a seat for him in a hidden and lovely spot, a dry stump of a tree; nor did I refuse to let him, when seated, place me on his knee.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë