How to Use bumper sticker in a Sentence

bumper sticker

noun
  • To pay for the ads, signs and bumper stickers, someone has to write a check.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Here's a bumper sticker that looks like a cattle brand, pulled right from the show.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Now that’s the kind of slogan that belongs on a bumper sticker.
    — Jonathan Zeller, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Remember those bumper stickers that would say no cell phones in the car?
    — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • Their message spread to yard signs, bumper stickers and T-shirts.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In the gravel driveway were parked two cars, each with a bumper sticker.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2019
  • If the bumper sticker on the back of your car is the way to do it, then all the more power to you.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • The phrase isn’t just a pithy remark for a bumper sticker, it’s backed up by science.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2020
  • There’s a long act-out of a guy putting a bumper sticker on a car that is somehow very funny.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The bumper sticker on Brown’s car spoke to his ultimate fear.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • If all goes right, that phrase could become his campaign bumper sticker within the next year.
    — Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But this idea, too, is merely placed on the movie like an anachronistic bumper sticker.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
  • Drivers get literal hours to stare at the bumper sticker on the car ahead and chew over their lives.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Someone slapped a pride bumper sticker on Ghalib's car.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
  • The group released an ad this past week that features an actor putting a fresh bumper sticker on his truck.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • The red, white and blue bumper stickers feature a duck, wild turkey, trout and pheasant across the top.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
  • There was a Pearson bumper sticker on the car Darnell worked on.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Proud parents could use them to brag about an honor student, making bumper stickers a thing of the past.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 31 May 2018
  • Tony Norris came up with the idea of the famed bumper sticker in 1976.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Cherokee Guns stood by its ad and even sold bumper stickers of it for those who wanted to show support.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The bumper sticker on the back of the car Sally was driving caught my eye — is that Paul’s car?
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
  • With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds.
    — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Sadly, Boomer hasn’t been seen since, except on shirts, bumper stickers, online memes, etc.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • June narrowly survived a hit-and-run attack by a truck with a Gilead bumper sticker.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • Police can log into a dashboard and search by plate number, make, model or even bumper stickers.
    — Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • His face is everywhere, not just on lanterns but on T-shirts, bumper stickers, even the wall of a downtown café.
    — The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • At some bars, the hand dryer, like the rest of the bathroom, is festooned with graffiti and bumper stickers.
    — Michael Hardy, Wired, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Women’s World Cup final would fit nicely on a bumper sticker, which is kind of the point.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • Years ago, Karen Wade noticed a bumper sticker on the car of an acquaintance that made her blood boil.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Drivers pledged their allegiance to Trump with decals and bumper stickers.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

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