Used in a Sentence

bunched

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bunched.

Editorial note

The town is more like a few houses dotted along a major road and a couple of turn-offs with a few bunched up houses.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Formed in bunches

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bunched gathered in one view.

adjective

Formed in bunches

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bunched.

Example sentences

1

The town is more like a few houses dotted along a major road and a couple of turn-offs with a few bunched up houses.

2

The problem is I don't know they are bunched when the first bus arrives.

3

My mitigation idea: When the buses become bunched; the forward bus should switch to 'Disembark Only' mode.

4

The distribution of wait times will be more extreme because there will be more passengers waiting at a bunched stop, so the 'bunched' experience will be more common than the 'unbunched' experience.

5

The problem ones have the text bunched in one area and one artifact (a 'cut' mark) in the whitespace area.

6

If I knew the busses were bunched I'd be more than happy to take the less crowded bus.

7

There is a large group bunched near the bottom making 40k-60k a year, and a smaller group at the top making above 160k.

8

From the way the slices were bunched up I (wrongly) assumed they were basically getting thrown away.

9

They store it in a tray with square holes (all bunched up).

10

So I have one circle at the top of the screen and everything else is bunched up at the bottom.

11

For me, it's only when the bars get really bunched together...

12

That's obviously not true for elite institutions since their candidates' SAT score are all bunched up at the top and within the MOE of each other.

Quote examples

1

If there was an easy, intelligent way to allow the bus to go into "express" mode and alert the riders then the busses could avoid getting bunched up.

2

From a purely visual perspective, the first two categories are relatively tightly bunched in the state space, whereas "dog" covers a diffuse cloud of appearances whose total range might even encompass the area where many non-dog animals also lie.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bunched in a sentence?

The town is more like a few houses dotted along a major road and a couple of turn-offs with a few bunched up houses.

What does bunched mean?

Formed in bunches

What part of speech is bunched?

bunched is commonly used as adjective.