What are some sentences using the word 'bumptious'?

I politely asked the teacher for some notebook paper.

upton sinclair was the most famous muckraker.

The journalist's dogged pursuit of the truth ended up getting him killed.Most of his spare time is devoted to one intellectual pursuit or another, except for a few 30 minute workouts a week and some...

Cooking things on an open flame makes them taste better. Flames and fire are not to be toyed around with.Never leave a flame open; always extinguish fires.

They grunt at the prospect of sharing, but do so anyway.The tradional noise associated pigs and some teenagers is the grunt.