adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bumpy ride
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Part of the flight had been a bumpy ride through a thunderstorm.
bumpy (= uncomfortable because the plane moved up and down a lot )
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The flight was very bumpy, and we really wondered whether we would make it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ride
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride .
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It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.
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It had been a bumpy ride , through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
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The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.
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Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.
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The Education Department also moved quickly from November 1983, having had a particularly bumpy ride at the hands of the media.
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It is therefore going to be, at best, a bumpy ride .
road
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The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance.
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This may oversimplify what was a long and bumpy road , but the contrast with the past four years is remarkable.
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The bus lurches along a bumpy road through a landscape of uncultivated desolation.
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You can hire a car for around £20 a day but beware bumpy roads .
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All along the bumpy road that threads through the valley, villagers have set up their own security posts.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bumpy ride
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Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.
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It had been a bumpy ride , through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
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It is therefore going to be, at best, a bumpy ride .
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It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride .
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The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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bumpy dirt roads
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After a bumpy landing, all the passengers cheered and thanked the pilot.
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Fasten your seatbelt, this ride may be bumpy .
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Neal drove the last mile down the bumpy road towards the highway.
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The field was too bumpy to play football on.
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To get to Agra we had to endure a long bumpy ride in an old bus.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bumpy , shaky ride back across Paris.
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Every now and then a car rumbled over the bumpy dirt road, leaving behind a whirl of white dust.
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He says it's not the toughest course but it's very hard and bumpy .
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It's going to be a bumpy read.
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Not many people chose to take a ride on such a bumpy , gloomy road after dark in the month of January.
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Other technology issues sizzled for the year despite a bumpy finish.
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride.
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Yet despite a bumpy first year, most students were engaged in productive work.