How to Use bumper crop in a Sentence

bumper crop

noun
  • Our deals page has a bumper crop.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This recipe is one of the best ways to use up a bumper crop of zucchini.
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
  • When summer corn is in season, this is a great recipe to use up your bumper crop.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • When summer corn is in season, this is a great recipe to use up your bumper crop.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
  • Wondering what to do with that bumper crop of summer squash?
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Not far away, carrot tops sprout near a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • One year’s bumper crop of seeds and nuts can produce a bumper crop of baby squirrels.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • They’re designed to grow a bumper crop of herbs right there next to the dish strainer on the kitchen counter.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
  • More than in most years, in 2025 there was a bumper crop of songs that did just that.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
  • March is lambing season, and Fat Sheep had had a bumper crop.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The deluge helped irrigate a bumper crop of grasses and shrubs in the area.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Just look to your favorite streaming services for a bumper crop of fresh film flavors.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Free compost can improve the chances of a bumper crop this growing season.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • This summer’s bumper crop of crime fiction does not disappoint.
    — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Continue normal new tree care to have your citrus ready to produce a bumper crop in a few years.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • So plant some milkweed to help the monarch butterfly—and to get a bumper crop from your vegetable garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 June 2024
  • These ordinary-looking caterpillars can dash all your dreams of a bumper crop overnight.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But the last year has seen the area clean up its act, with a bumper crop of sleek new hotels rising to transform the landscape.
    — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This spring, a mild winter followed by a wet spring helped produce a bumper crop, but the recent cold snap could soon bring that to an end.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The fall was considered a bumper crop or mast year with more acorn production, meaning more food for rodents and deer.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • This year, there is a bumper crop of ballot referrals from state lawmakers — more than 70.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The holidays bring with them a bumper crop of films and TV shows, and The Times is here as your guide.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Overall, corn growers got lucky this year with late-season weather that contributed to what is now predicted to be a record bumper crop.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The waters in California’s dry lakes have delivered a living bumper crop — brine shrimp.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • Even with this season's bumper crop, only five of the 725 goals scored this season have come courtesy of a pass from the goalkeeper.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • While scientists aren’t quite sure why bumper crop years occur in oak trees, the phenomenon has a direct impact on wildlife such as rodents and deer.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
  • Box office grosses are approaching prepandemic levels amid a bumper crop of 42 show openings.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • That bumper crop followed a dry 2022 — the final year of a three-year stretch that was the driest on record in California.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Honeycrisp prices have fallen in the past year thanks to a bumper crop in Washington state, New York, and Michigan.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Those embers are landing on a bumper crop of vegetation primed to burn after a sequence of intense rainfall, record-breaking heat, and a dry start to winter over the past year.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025

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