Sentence examples for bit of a stump from inspiring English sources
"There needs to be at least a little bit of a stump".
You can also smudge your pastels with a bit of paper ("stump") instead of using your finger, as it will help keep your work cleaner and let you not have to wash your hands every time you smudge (which is very annoying if you are not working right next to a sink).
1254 - Eng 337-7: The baby-faced Broad has a bit of a dash outside off stump but doesn't middle it and it's just a single.
The film was such a hit, he says, that there were no half-price concessions for children; his dad, who "worked at this and that", made a bit of a fuss about having to stump up full price for the three of them.
Until Mr. Schell went at it, that is, reducing it to a rooted bit of the main stump.
While Mr. Clinton's appearance in Queens had the tone of a stump speech, complete with local elected officials, his visit to East Harlem was a bit quirkier.
Bit of a half-tracker that came off the inside edge, onto the pad before clattering the stumps.
If it happens again, I'll certainly have another shy at the stumps but whether I hit or not looks like being a bit of a gamble".
