Bumping

Examples

• The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Just then the firing doubled in intensity and in it was the heavy bumping of the hand grenades. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There was no bump, bump, bumping thud of bombs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The bumping against the door, the laughter, the stamping, were all as vigorous as ever, and the pleasure in being outside lessened considerably. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• One seems always to be bumping one's nose against the blank wall ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He improved the springs of the carriages, and built buffers to prevent the bumping of the carriage ends, which had been very unpleasant for the earliest passengers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The horse broke off through the trees dragging him, bumping, face downward, and Robert Jordan stood up holding the pistol now in one hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The interior is filled with pine, which is softer, because it retains a higher polish and prevents the rolling ball from bumping; thus throwing it from its proper course. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At last, however, the bumping of the road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a gravel-drive, and the carriage came to a stand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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