Sentence examples for a mere bump from inspiring English sources

Should social-emotional learning prove successful, in other words, it could generate a string of benefits that far exceeds a mere bump in test scores.

Though Mr. Roarke became Mr. Montalbán's signature role, it was a mere bump in the timeline of a career that spanned decades, media and genres.

But Mr. Bush promised in his concession statement to campaign in all 50 states, dismissing New Hampshire as a mere "bump in the road".

Or just a run-of-the-mill recession, a mere "bump in the road," the inexorable exhaling during the business cycle?

The little specimen, dubbed "Joe," was so young that its crest was a mere bump on its head.

When pregnant women draw comparisons between their bodies and the bodies of those with a mere "bump," the harmful effects start with self-image before manifesting as a lack of connection with the baby.

"For a marketer, that lack of trust is not a mere speed bump," said Ken Goldstein, an economist with the Conference Board, a nonprofit economic research organization.

Council officials called the prohibition a mere speed bump in their plans to make Tshwane the region's name in fact.

Before the Celtics and the 76ers started the series, Philadelphia appeared to be a mere speed bump on the Celtics' way to the conference finals and perhaps a postseason rematch with the Miami Heat.

If she's right, then this episode may be a mere speed bump, and one that will soon be forgotten, the same way that early problems implementing Romneycare were.

But the Senate panel's vote approves a mere 1% bump for the agency, to $5.5 billion.