1 With a terrifying bump they were off the road, slanting with two wheels in the ditch, but instantly they were jerked back as the horses fled on.
2 The shavings flew right and left; till at last the plane-iron came bump against an indestructible knot.
3 The Judge, the Superintendent of Charities, the School Inspector, and Postmaster go out and bump up against the Sergeant in the doorway as the latter returns.
4 They bend over her hand at the same time and bump foreheads.
5 As they dashed down the street and bumped over the railroad tracks, Rhett applied the whip automatically.
6 Melanie sat shivering in the morning sunlight and covered her ears against the sickening series of thuds as the dead man's head bumped down the porch steps.
7 She was jarred out of her ecstasy as the bob-sled bumped up the steep road to the bluff where stood the cottages.
8 It bumped through the factory belt, gained speed.
9 Mr. Shimerda and Peter were on the front seat; Antonia and I sat in the straw behind and ate our lunch as we bumped along.
10 And, sure enough, after his head had been bumped a few more times against the boot of the conveyance, Chichikov found himself bowling over softer ground.
11 Denisov's horse swerved aside to avoid a pool in the track and bumped his rider's knee against a tree.
12 Dr. Craven started in actual alarm and Mrs. Medlock almost fell back because he had accidentally bumped against her.
13 Of course they bumped their heads smartly together, saw stars, and both came up flushed and laughing, without the ball, to resume their seats, wishing they had not left them.
14 He bumped his elbow against the door at the end and, hurrying down the staircase, walked quickly through the two corridors and out into the air.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 1 15 If her heart would only stop bumping and drumming and cavorting.