How to Use rump in a Sentence

rump

noun
  • I slipped and fell on my rump.
  • His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The second was hit at 338 paces in the rump.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Dapper gray warbler with red face, black head-band and white rump.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Bidets are also way cleaner and less rough on the rump than wiping.
    — Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The rump-covering to come will be Olympian, in its own right.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • And, to my silly surprise, your rump still hangs out the bottom.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2017
  • Chuck or rump roast (or a combination of the two) work best in this dish.
    — Ouita Michel, Saveur, 15 May 2024
  • One was thin, as if it had been pounded, and the other looked like a miniature rump roast.
    — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Was this one of the hens that had pecked my hand or plucked feathers from the pink rump of another?
    — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That rump of legacy estates is like the polar ice cap – shrinking over time.
    — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Part of it is now a restaurant that serves hearty dishes like calf’s head, country pâté, and rump steak.
    — Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Breaching the surface was the small white rump of a bianchetto truffle.
    — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
  • The dog’s rump is attached to the front of the bird, and the result trots happily along.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Luckily, the script called for the dog to be saved by a small parachute attached to its rump.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Without this city, Ukraine shrivels to a landlocked rump state.
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Those finches with the red bibs and reddish wash over the head along with a bright rose-red rump are house finches.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 2 June 2017
  • An old ram has a bony, sloping rump; a healthy young ram has a more muscular, rounded rump.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The bold white rump patch is both eye catching and provides a sturdy base so the decoys won't blow over.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Bull elk antlers consist of a long, sweeping main beam that arches over the bull’s back and toward its rump.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Then, in the middle of the bald spot, its rump began to glow, washing its hindquarters in pale blue light.
    — Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The rump and the ears are other indicators.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The regime is left dependent on a loyalist rump—but that seems to be fraying, too.
    — The Economist, 14 Jan. 2020
  • As Ackerman demonstrated, these do not amount to a mass base, let alone a rump.
    — Micah L. Sifry, New Republic, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Its rump is redressed with four exhaust pipes, a black lower bumper, and, of course, a diffuser.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 23 Nov. 2020
  • But that is the inevitable result of giving a rump of party members the final say.
    — Boris Johnson, The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Murphy gave Bassitt a good laugh, too, with the viral video of him getting knocked in the rump by a pitch last week.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The exception is two yellow patches on the sides of the upper breast and a patch of yellow on the rump.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 12 Apr. 2018
  • McVey couldn’t dart her in the optimal spot – the neck – because of the lid, so opted for her rump.
    — Karen Chávez, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022

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