lump - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • leaveneth: Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Adjective modifier

  • bony: Bunions are bony lumps that develop on the side of the foot at the base of the big toe.
  • cancerous: Izzie, meanwhile, is having trouble with her patient, who needs a biopsy on a potentially cancerous testicular lump.
  • shapeless: It was nothing more than a large, shapeless lump of glass, dark and smoky.
  • benign: The hills in question are always fairly benign lumps without any sharp edges to fall off in the dark.

Modifies a noun

  • sum: The simplest is a lump sum payment of the value of the policy.
  • hammer: Thankfully it was thin enough to yield to the lump hammer.
  • payment: The simplest is a lump sum payment of the value of the policy.
  • payout: With the lump sum payout she had received together with personal savings, Gisella decided to attend Westminster College and retrain as a designer.
  • compensation: Once a lump sum compensation payment has been received, it may affect your client's entitlements to any income-based benefits.

Noun used with modifier

  • commencement: Paragraph 23 amends the overall ceiling on an individual's total pension commencement lump sums of 25 % of the standard lifetime allowance.
  • one-off: We asked that the conditions be leveled up and sought a one-off lump sum payment.
  • breast: Analgesia by wound infiltration after surgical excision of breast lumps.

Preposition: in

  • testicle: Testicular cancer normally presents itself as a lump in the testicle.
  • throat: You have a lump in the throat, your heart is in your mouth, only fear, you just want to run off.

Preposition: of

  • lard: The rest of the suit required a golf ball size lump of lard to get into!
  • clay: On the front of the hat was stuck a lump of clay, which held a tallow candle.
  • granite: For a moment, that giant lump of granite steals the wind.
  • coal: What grand memories of chopping the huge lumps of coal with a butcher's knife.
  • sandstone: The experiment was repeated with a lump of sandstone.

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