bumpy

Preposition: at

• end: It was especially bumpy at the end of a long straight leading up to a junction with a yellow.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: We boarded the plane at 8.15, it was a fairly good flight but got a bit bumpy at the end.
• make: Furthermore, the plane can only fly at maximum 19 000 feet â which makes the ride very bumpy indeed, especially at mid-day.

Modifies a noun

• ride: Bulgaria is on a bumpy ride over the rapids of change.
• landing: Their flight into Beijing ended with a pretty bumpy landing which unsettled more than the odd stomach!
• road: We are here, down a slightly bumpy road, for a reason.
• descent: Keep the strand of trees to your left as you turn left down a steep, bumpy descent ( through two gates ).
• pitch: On a bumpy sloping pitch with a cold biting wind we started to move the ball smoothly through midfield especially in the second half.
• surface: Suppose you wanted a very bumpy surface on the object.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Getting in and out was interesting and somewhat bumpy!
• slightly: We are here, down a slightly bumpy road, for a reason.
• rather: The ground is accessed by a rather bumpy access road, leading into the main car park.
• very: Suppose you wanted a very bumpy surface on the object.
• pretty: The ride's going to get pretty bumpy from now on.
• extremely: After a short but extremely bumpy drive to a neighboring compound, I find myself in a tiny, dark room in a hut.

Infinitive complement

• say: The ride home was bumpy to say the least and we arrived at Gatwick in shorts and sandals the worse for wear.

Used with adjective complement

• get: The ride's going to get pretty bumpy from now on.
• become: By 1939 the surface of the old track was becoming increasingly bumpy.
• have: I was NEVER given any further information to my condition beyond the fact that I had bumpy " bone growths " .