How to use stump in a sentence

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• The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood.From the entry chew
• England still have a chance of winning tomorrow if they can get India out before stumps today.From the entry stumps
• Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards.From the entry stump up
• I stubbed my toe on an old tree stump.From the entry on
• A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk.From the entry thunk
• The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.From the entry bagful
• All vegetation and tree stumps were sent to a local recycling facility to be turned into biomass.2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against Future Flooding”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry biomass
• Second, cuts in education spending proved contentious, difficult to implement and were vulnerable to 'bleeding stump' opposition.2019 June 18, Martin Holmes, The First Thatcher Government, 1979-1983: Contemporary Conservatism And Economic Change, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry bleeding stump
• So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped.2018 December 28, Catherine Shoard, “Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick”, in…. From the entry stumped
• The creature's black tar viscera flew from the lacerated stump, covering Mary and myself in the fluid.2014 June 4, Jake E. Sampson, The Resurrectionist, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry retch
• A tree stump that is capable of producing new shoots. 2.2012, Michael Allaby, editor, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 125 and 486. From the entry stool
• Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.2011, Robert Morgan, Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion. From the entry napoleon
• Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump.2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry high-centre
• They have shortened their stump speeches and are spending less time greeting supporters.2008 November 3, John M. Broder, Julie Bosman, “In States Once Reliably Red, Palin and Biden Tighten Their Stump Speeches”, in The New…. From the entry stump speech
• Romney who has most thoroughly incorporated such sunbeamy phrases and anecdotes into his repertory on the stump.2007 November 8, Michael Luo, “On Campaign Stump, Romney Preaches the Importance of Optimism”, in New York Times. From the entry sunbeamy
• I stump down my field, not the lane past Mike's, and the ewes think it's feeding time.2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, UKA Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry cupboard love
• Oi'll wait for hinstrooctions after you and the Major stump the chalk.2006, William Whitson, Test of Battle, page 176. From the entry Uncle Ned
• By moving further down the pitch, the batsman lengthens the distance between the ball and the stumps.2005 September, “LBW explained”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry down
• Q: “Who owns the Central Library building in downtown L.A.?” Trevor was stumped.1991 March 4, Jack Smith, “Matching Wits With a 12-Year-Old Computer Whiz”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry dummie
• A hobbit-size table and chairs have been carved out of wooden stumps.1989, Jack Christie, Day Trips from Vancouver, page 55. From the entry Tolkienish
• Stumping my way through a welter of staghorns and acalyphas I made the steps, made the hill.1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 17. From the entry acalypha
• After the ground is cleared all the tree stumps must be rooted out or burnt off level.1977, Peggie Benton, Fight for the Drylands: Struggle and Achievement in Brazil, page 79. From the entry bladebreaker
• Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused.1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies. From the entry refocus
• The old maple stump shot sickly pink switches from her roots, new switches every year.1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry yearningly
• It's th' one in th' low swag by th' old rotted white oak stump.1941, Jesse Stuart, Men of the Mountains, page 273. From the entry swag
• A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared.1925, Arthur Bowie Chrisman, “Four Generals”, in Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, New York: E.P. Dutton, published 1968…. From the entry chin
• The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound.1923, Edward Powys Mathers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. From the entry cicatrize
• The old stumps were yet in a good state of preservation.1909, William Armistead, Reminiscences: Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer in Oregon and Idaho, page 193. From the entry pitchwood
• It's boneless.” “Well, worn to a stump then.2025 September 15, David A. Goodman, “The Trouble with Truffles” (14:46 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 9, spoken by…. From the entry booty
• If that doesn't encourage the Treasury to stump up cash to upgrade the town's station, then I fear nothing will.2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53. From the entry stump up
• Stump may be ahead of me in this regard, but compared to the humans he's a super novice.2017, Cube Kid (alias dictus Erik Gunnar Taylor), Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Path of the Diamond, page 87. From the entry novice
• She pointed at her hand with her slowly oozing stump.2017, David Burton, Blood on the Bayou, By Light Unseen Media. From the entry Captain Hook
• A stump of concrete stands high on the hillside.2016, Kellan Macinnes, “The Grave in the Woods”, in The Making of Mickey Bell, Dingwall, Highland: Sandstone Press, →ISBN, page 226. From the entry blondin
• A batter is bowled out whether or not the ball is touched or deflected into the stumps by the batter.2010, Mark Butcher, Paul Abraham, Learn to Play Cricket: Teach Yourself, page A-65. From the entry out
• The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium.2010, P. J. Gullan, P.S. Cranston, The Insects: An Outline of Entomology, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 332. From the entry termitarium

Meaning of stump

1. noun The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2. noun The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3. noun A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.

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Questions about stump in a sentence

How do you use stump in a sentence?

Stump is used as a noun and verb. For example: “This last question has me stumped.”

What is a short sentence with stump?

“to stir one's stumps”

What does stump mean?

Stump means the remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.