Sentence examples for a mere bump on from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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

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

Mr. Bush's aides concede that this is not another mere bump on Mr. Bush's path to the Republican presidential nomination.

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.

For Morristown, the state's fourth-ranked team, the Westfield Blue Devils were a mere speed bump on the road to a second straight title and the fourth in school history.

For an Obama bureaucrat, however, the will of Congress is a mere speed bump.

"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.