How to Use lump in a Sentence

lump

1 of 3 noun
  • He got a lump on his head after bumping into the doorway.
  • Mix with your hands to smooth out any lumps.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The lump in her knee was a tumor.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And wait a minute, these are real lumps.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
  • My son, a lump of breath that fell into the world.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • While the ride is sports-car firm, lumps and bumps are soaked up with ease.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Then bit my own lips hard until the painful lump went away.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But the lumps weren’t caused by poor hygiene or weight.
    — Xitlalic Montelongo, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Small lumps will be present, don’t overmix or try to stir them smooth.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • So if there’s any lumps of brown sugar, now’s the time to work it out.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Bet $50 or less, and your risk-free bet will come in one lump sum.
    — Catena Media, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Keep in mind that not all lumps are hemorrhoids.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The lump turned out to be a benign cyst, not cancer.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • Still, any new lump is worth a message to your doctor.
    — Anisa Arsenault, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Coastal friends, start with fresh jumbo lump crabmeat.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Most people know that a lump in their breast could be a sign of breast cancer.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 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
  • In a small bowl, combine warm milk, sugar and flour, and mix to avoid any lumps.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Follow these steps from Totah for a lump-free bed.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Trojans took their lumps last week against red-hot Legend.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Gone are the days when coffee simply came with a lump of sugar and cream.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Tens of thousands crying or noticing the lump in their throats.
    — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Traoré took his lumps early but started and excelled down the stretch.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Weiss says eight out of ten lumps are benign, or non-cancerous.
    — Anisa Arsenault, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Keep an eye out for bloody or watery nipple discharge and armpit lumps.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Think jumbo lump crab cakes and goat cheese queso with wild mushrooms.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Thoroughly whisk until there are no lumps, and the gravy is smooth and silky.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most lottery winners opt for the one-time, lump-sum cash payment.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Make Valentine's dinner prep fast and easy with these frozen lump crab cakes.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Very hard, small lumps or watery, soupy liquid are both cause for concern.
    — Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026

lump

2 of 3 verb
  • But we're lumped in all of that.
    — Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That is, the 49ers will get lumped in with a larger group.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • All have their virtues and strengths, but they should not all be lumped together.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • And to try to lump all of them in together is to misread this movement.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Yet too many media reporters still lump Fox in with major news brands.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Put your choice of slow-burning briquettes or lump charcoal in its hopper.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
  • If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And keep in mind that as interest rates rise, lump sum pension values decrease.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022
  • However, many passengers seem to lump the app, my car, and me into one mega-app.
    — Peter Jakubowicz, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Now both are being lumped together by critics as east coasters.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone who does not think like him is lumped together and counted as an enemy.
    — Óscar Martínez & Carlos Martínez, The Dial, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Boredom has been unfairly lumped with laziness.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Currently gun shops are lumped in with other types of retailers, such as sporting goods stores.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Others lump the vitamin K shot, which is not a vaccine, in with vaccines.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 12 June 2026
  • This hearty, creamy, all-in-one dish is chock-full of Lowcountry favorites like fresh shrimp and lump crabmeat.
    — Carla Hall, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Varo tends to be lumped with her Surrealist friends and fellow expats.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Mills pushed back on being lumped in with Swalwell and Gonzales.
    — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2026
  • So like the problem of people not having bank accounts gets lumped into the problem of not having cash.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Most people play this game for fun and will lump their money into the attack and likely neglect the defence.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Or that even though Orange Beach is listed, it’s sort of lumped in with Gulf Shores.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 17 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The committee has two more years to fix this oversight before Woody gets lumped in and lost with the rest of the seniors.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 18, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The Mummy is set up with the grace of Boris Karloff lumping around the catacombs.
    — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The sweeper — a horizontal slider — had long been lumped in with other breaking balls.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023

lump

3 of 3 adjective
  • Interestingly, the treat was served with lump crab meat on top.
    — Jared Boyd, AL.com, 25 June 2017
  • The crusty cake has no filler, just luscious lump crab meat and a mustard tang in the seasoning.
    — Courtney Dabney, star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Crab mac includes lump crab meat, tomatoes, baby spinach, and cheese sauce, garnished with snow crab claws.
    — Caroline Szachnowski, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • Jumbo lump crab takes well to being simmered in coconut milk, bright with turmeric and racy with red chile.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • The striking workers want higher hourly wages, lump sum payments and a better profit sharing plan.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • So most of Nate’s gifts will go to a school or orphanage as lump donations, not by handing out bow ties like candy and risk getting mobbed.
    — Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Edgemoor is expected to complete enough of the terminal design (about 30 percent) to present a lump sum cost.
    — Bill Turque, kansascity, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Lump Crabmeat is a bit of a misnomer and is actually a blend of one-third jumbo lump and two-thirds flake (smaller pieces of crab from the chambers of the body).
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
  • Menu offerings include lump crab Benedict, lobster frittata and $5 sparkling wine.
    — Jennifer McClellan, azcentral, 1 May 2018
  • Pieces of lump hardwood charcoal are irregularly shaped, with a more natural appearance than briquettes.
    — Adam Ried, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
  • Wages and lump-sum payments also are areas of disagreement, with the union seeking hourly pay raises and the company wanting annual lump sum payments.
    — Tom Krisher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The lunch menu continues the lump crab-avocado salad ($20) and adds redfish lettuce wraps with a roasted corn-black bean pico ($18).
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Where benefits can reasonably be adjusted appears to be in the area of future promises by limiting cost of living increases and lump sum distributions instead of monthly payouts.
    — Steve Butler, The Mercury News, 8 June 2017
  • Officials at Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, don’t usually lump separate — but simultaneous — blazes together for record keeping.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017

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