How To Use bumptious In A Sentence
- A famous roué who played the violin, swilled whiskey, ran after women, and could charm even the most bumptious crowd of voters. Suzanne Berne's "Missing Lucile," reviewed by Carolyn See
- He came as a bumptious outsider to the Alberta Tories but soon elbowed his way to the top, winning the leadership as a rookie MP.
- But they daren't hurt us," cried Smith bumptiously. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser
- I was well aware of his reputation for bumptiousness. The White House Car Czar
- Or bummed out, or bumped off, or some bumptious buckaroo had burst your bubble.
- Shortly after as he lighteth hys cigarre at ye barre, he enquireth bumptiously, 'Who might that good ladie be?' In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences
- he behaved rather bumptiously and offended the hostess
- For Luciano is full of the bumptiousness of the man, and tries just as hard to please.
- And the Jersey driver remains a prominent folk devil all over the Northeast: bumptious, heedless, hostile and barely competent.
- Leon looked after him rather disconsolately, as though at a loss to understand what could have happened to take all the fight and "bumptiousness" out of the former bully. The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
