“The mother incredulously regarded Sofya, who was searching about for a place into which to drop her cigarette stump, and finally threw it in a flowerpot.”

“Stumbling over a jutting stump, Quartley almost fell, the medicine box slipping out of his hand.”

“Giles was the more effective spinner but he wasn't exactly aided by his stumper.”

“Sometimes crime investigation is so difficult, like the real stumper for Fort Worth, Texas, detectives.”

“Bombay and India stumper, Madhav Mantri, impressed by his enthusiasm, arranged to send him to school.”

“The stumpiness of some of the other plants leads me to believe that there is some serious soil issue in parts of the ground in that strip.”

“They found one-a mutation of a single gene, which seems to be responsible for the majority of short-legged dogs' stumpiness.”

“He is not a shuffler and nudger of the ball like many stumpers, but a classical batsman.”

“Now, remember to bounce any stumpers to me, and if you need to talk, you can shoot me a message or stop by.”

“People like Henry Hook may be able to solve as fast as they write, barely tripping on a clue, but for the more pedestrian pencil chewers there are always stumpers.”