The company is closing the local branch next month, like it or lump it.

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

Seeing the old photographs at the reunion gave me a lump in one's throat.

At the farewell ceremony, a lump to one's throat made it hard for anyone to speak.

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

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

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

The activist denounced the lumpenbourgeoisie that eagerly aligned with the colonial regime, accusing them of lacking any real economic base or collective consciousness.

Political theorists debated whether the rise of certain lumpenbourgeoisies signaled a permanent shift in urban power structures.

The historian argued that lumpenproletarians often played unpredictable roles during periods of social upheaval.