CLUMP in a Sentence

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68 example sentences for CLUMP, such as:

1. He was clumping about the kitchen in heavy boots.
2. I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
3. As it started to rain, everyone clumped together in doorways.
4. They had come upon a whole clump of crocuses burst into purple and orange and gold.
5. I set there behind a clump of bushes, in about six foot of him, and kept my eyes on him steady.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLUMP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
clump
 n.  cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  They had come upon a whole clump of crocuses burst into purple and orange and gold.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  "It's same Magic as made these ere work out o th earth," and he touched with his thick boot a clump of crocuses in the grass.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
3  They presently emerged into the clump of sumach bushes, looked warily out, found the coast clear, and were soon lunching and smoking in the skiff.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  We went to a clump of bushes, and Tom made everybody swear to keep the secret, and then showed them a hole in the hill, right in the thickest part of the bushes.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
5  I set there behind a clump of bushes, in about six foot of him, and kept my eyes on him steady.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
6  They came to an opening behind a clump of bushes and in the midst of a pile of rocks, by which a man could scarcely pass.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
7  Monte Cristo, on the contrary, took the right hand; arrived near a clump of trees, he stopped.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil.
8  He followed a short distance close under the wall, then crossed a path, hid entered a clump of trees.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
9  They descended, and advanced towards the clump of trees, and Morrel soon recognized the other gentleman as Doctor d'Avrigny.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
10  The young man, seeing them approach, drew back mechanically, until he found himself stopped by a sycamore-tree in the centre of the clump; there he was compelled to remain.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
11  One evening I was in a garden; a clump of trees concealed me; no one suspected I was there.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.
12  Sometimes their way led them under the shade of an overhanging bank or through the thin obscurity of a clump of leafless trees.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
13  When they had rounded the curve of the dusty road that hid them from Tara, Brent drew his horse to a stop under a clump of dogwood.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  Casting contemptuous glances at them, Scarlett thought that they looked like a clump of fat crows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  She passed the clump of cedars and the low brick wall which marked the family burying ground, trying not to think of the new grave lying by the three short mounds of her little brothers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
Example Sentence:
1  Hiding behind the clump of bushes, the fugitives waited for the heavy sound of the soldiers' feet to fade away.
2  I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
3  He was clumping about the kitchen in heavy boots.
4  As it started to rain, everyone clumped together in doorways.