Sentence examples for were jumped from inspiring English sources
verb
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- The boy jumped over a fence.
"Me and two friends were jumped," he says.
Woods's comments were jumped on; some called him selfish and greedy.
Clearly, some guns were jumped last week, and in the aftermath there was grumbling about the inconvenience of it all.
"I was hanging out with some friends who were white and we walked to the store to get something and we were jumped by nine people.
Willie Mullins had taken a dozen horses 60 miles from his Carlow base and allowed them to canter round the circuit, but no fences were jumped.
His comments were jumped on by gay rights activists and political opponents, who accused the Conservatives of saying one thing about gay rights in public and another in private.
They were jumping cos they were trapped.
They were jumping and celebrating, very cheerful".
Experienced staff were jumping ship.
