Sentence examples for attempting to bump from inspiring English sources
If Matsui were to sign with the Yankees and begin by playing second base (with Alfonso Soriano moving to the outfield), there would be speculation about how long Matsui might wait before attempting to bump Jeter out of the shortstop job.
In case you just returned from a week long hike with no cell service, United Airlines overbooked a flight Sunday afternoon and attempted to bump four customers from a flight involuntarily.
It's not quite the most ridiculous attempt to bump up one's marks in front of an invigilator's eyes, however.
The middle-class mania for extra-curricular activities for kids, from cello to Mandarin, is an attempt to bump their children up by producing this unspoken "well-roundedness" that the elite requires.
Five other drivers also made it, then sat and watched a drama in the last 50 minutes of the six-hour qualifying session, with 12 attempts to bump the field's slowest qualifier, Billy Boat.
I didn't like the attempt to bump Labour stalwart Dennis Skinner out of his frontbeach seat (come on, SNP – of all the people to pick on!), but the rest sounds suspiciously akin to how I'd have behaved, given similar circumstances and half the chance, back in the days when I was still "fun" (and yes, this feeling is closely related to the Commons bar).
Set your spam filters to stun because mega DJs like Afrojack, Avicii, and Mr. Van Buuren himself are already mobilizing their superfan armies on Twitter and Facebook in attempts to bump themselves up a notch on the list.
· Attempting to fist-bump rabbi.
Arthur Conan Doyle tired of Holmes and attempted unsuccessfully to bump him off by throwing him over a Swiss waterfall.
If you're like me, you know that attempting to blend your bumps and bruises with another person's is a lifelong project that requires infinite amounts of care, patience and forgiveness.
