The director didn't care whether customers were liking it or lumping it; the product launch would go ahead.

Grandmother always kept a small tin of lumps of delight on the sideboard, offering each guest a rosy, sugary piece with a wink.

The workshop critique highlighted several expository lumps that needed to be smoothed out.

The phrase 'bring a lump to someone's throat' perfectly describes the scene where the old friends finally reunited.

To take one's lumps is often the only way some victims survive violent attacks.

The hospital scheduled several lumpectomies for next week to treat early-stage breast cancer.

The marine biologist observed how the lumpfishes clung to the kelp beds during the storm.

He lumpenly shuffled through the crowd, indifferent to the polite smiles around him.

When analyzing a Markov chain, the lumpability of the transition matrix determines whether states can be aggregated without altering long-term behavior.

Historically, some revolutionaries argued that lumpenproletariats could be unpredictable allies or dangerous foes depending on the political context.