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hump - use in sentences
Object
- bridge: At the bottom of the garden flowed a small stream with a little humped bridge which is still there.
Converse of object
- traverse: From a selection of 40 vehicles, only 8 traversed the humps without deviating to the middle of the road to avoid them.
- install: Cllr Salinger has refused to allow the council to install any humps in his ward.
- negotiate: If they are so incompetent at negotiating a speed hump; just how safe are they at high speeds?
- remove: Some Councils have seen fit to remove the old humps, others not.
- speed: Will speed humps lead to an increase in noise levels?
- get: She's still got the hump with him for planning to go to South Africa.
Preposition: on
- road: Only a 'loose cannon ' would argue in a road safety magazine in 1973 for speed humps on public roads.
Adjective modifier
- flat-top: Two ' standard ' profiles were included for comparison: a 3.7m long round-top hump and an 8m long flat-top hump with straight ramps.
- black: One resident felt that this whole project was a blot on the landscape; the black humps reminded others of German helmets!
- big: Also, they have a big hump, sometimes two.
Modifies a noun
- bridge: The lane descends fast bearing right at the bottom of the hill to a hump back bridge.
- back: The lane descends fast bearing right at the bottom of the hill to a hump back bridge.
Noun used with modifier
- buffalo: No, you won't grow a buffalo hump overnight.
- speed: Funny, we thought speed humps were supposed to reduce speeds.
- road: Traffic wardens, road humps, speed cameras - any curb on cars makes us angry.
- traffic: Traffic humps Traffic humps on Ashford Road would increase traffic noise and vibrations, so would not be an acceptable solution.
Possessives
- dowager: The deformity is responsible for some cases of so-called dowager's hump.
- camel: Then on to Linda's Arabic dancing - great being in the desert and dancing like a camel's hump.
Preposition: in
- road: On the very top of the map, you will find a small hump in the road.
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