How to Use lump in a Sentence

lump

1 of 2 noun

• He got a lump on his head after bumping into the doorway.
• While the ride is sports-car firm, lumps and bumps are soaked up with ease.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
• Bet $50 or less, and your risk-free bet will come in one lump sum.
  — Catena Media, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
• Nana had replaced the presents with two small lumps of coal.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Blend until velvety and smooth and all the lumps are gone.
  — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• So if there’s any lumps of brown sugar, now’s the time to work it out.
  — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the new study, the researchers tested whether these lumps could be from Theia.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• The lump on the side of Glenn Moog's neck kept getting bigger and bigger.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• Stop the dryer a few times throughout the cycle to fluff them and break up lumps by hand.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2023
• From there, add the milk all at once and quickly stir to help remove any lumps.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers got a lump of coal in their stocking this week.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• There was a lump of coal waiting for me at the hotel in Montana.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Most people know that a lump in their breast could be a sign of breast cancer.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 2023
• Gone are the days when coffee simply came with a lump of sugar and cream.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
• Thoroughly whisk until there are no lumps, and the gravy is smooth and silky.
  — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2023
• Mother Nature put a lump of coal in the Ravens’ stocking.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2022
• In late 2022, Navratilova noticed a sore lump on her neck.
  — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 21 July 2023
• If the amount is on the smaller side, a lump sum may simply be easier.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
• In the past, the lump sum was a good option, so winners could invest for further growth.
  — Anisha Kohli, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• Tens of thousands crying or noticing the lump in their throats.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• This claim botches the math by confusing the lump sum and long-term payouts.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
• The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
  — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023
• An ultrasound of her hand showed that the lump appeared to be a cyst filled with fluid.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• The lump may resemble a pimple or insect bite and may be about the size of a dime and grow quickly.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
• Most lottery winners opt for the one-time, lump-sum cash payment.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
• One of the Russians, Anton, has a worrisome lump on his neck.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Hailstones can have a variety of shapes and include lumps and bumps that may even take the shape of small spikes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• The front suspension and larger 8-inch wheels help absorb all the lumps and bumps the scooter flies over.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
• Remove the saucepan from heat and use an immersion blender to remove lumps and puree.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2023
• Sifting will help remove any lumps from the flour and aerate the mixture, which will help make your cake light and fluffy.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024

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lump

2 of 2 verb

• The Athletic lumped them all in near the end of the first round: Green at No.
  — Bruce Pascoe, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2020
• And to try to lump all of them in together is to misread this movement.
  — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
• All have their virtues and strengths, but they should not all be lumped together.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Or that even though Orange Beach is listed, it’s sort of lumped in with Gulf Shores.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• However, don’t be quick to lump empathy in with the rest.
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
• The first appointment with the fertility clinic was $300, but the cost was lumped into the loan.
  — refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• Yet too many media reporters still lump Fox in with major news brands.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 13 July 2021
• The sportsbooks seem to think not, lumping the Ravens with a mass of second-tier AFC contenders at an over/under of 9.5 wins.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• It was lumped in with a number of other cases that the nation’s highest court declined to weigh in on.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
• The chunks of protein were similar to lump crab meat with a variety of sizes pressed together to form the cake.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• But still, some people lump the stimulus in with the PPP, and champion Trump as the piggy bank.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
• Gruyère cheese, dry sherry, and lump crabmeat bring the magic to a cream sauce that's perfectly smooth with a little dash of heat.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
• Put your choice of slow-burning briquettes or lump charcoal in its hopper.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
• One of these symptoms is unusual masses or lumps on your child's breast, says Dr. Brooks.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
• The boom in ETFs—funds that lump in whole categories of risk-assets—in recent years has been a huge lift to the equities markets.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2022
• So like the problem of people not having bank accounts gets lumped into the problem of not having cash.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2020
• The reason is that the authors of the studies often lump all the groups together and then take totals over a long period of time.
  — Mark Cancian, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• And there's a tendency to lump all of the developments around election fraud into one big ball of bad.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• The Silver Spirit may not be quite the fastest machine available, but to lump it in with all the others in the soft-bellied lounge-car class would be a big mistake.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2020
• However, many passengers seem to lump the app, my car, and me into one mega-app.
  — Peter Jakubowicz, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
• Atticks said the bill would lump hemp in with medical cannabis, which is used to treat conditions ranging from seizures to chronic pain.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, baltimoresun.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• And keep in mind that as interest rates rise, lump sum pension values decrease.
  — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022
• Mix filling: In a medium mixing bowl, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and salt with a whisk (this will help the cornstarch from lumping).
  — Rob Connoley, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
• Varo tends to be lumped with her Surrealist friends and fellow expats.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Supporters of Black Lives Million said Trump is trying to lump an entire group of people with the few who grew violent at some of the protests.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
• In most states, a felony-murder conviction gets lumped in with other types of murder, clouding the data.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• There’d be a couple of pounds of crab meat, not necessarily lump meat, resting in a brown paper bag.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2023
• Pickled okra pods, lump blue crabmeat, and flounder fillets get the ceviche treatment in a dish meant for Gulf Coast summers.
  — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 10 July 2020
• Having failed in their effort to lump us in with fake news, the media and Big Tech are looking for new ways to work together to deplatform us.
  — Seth Dillon, National Review, 3 July 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024