The phrase
"bumpy times" means a period of difficulty, challenges, or turbulent situations.
Full definition
Outgoing director general of the employer's body, Richard Lambert, predicts «
bumpy times ahead» for businesses which are «extremely uncertain» about what the new year will bring.
The first quarter of 2018 produced quite
a bumpy time in the market, as key indexes realized dramatic closing price gains and losses as well as erratic intraday swings.
There's still a great chance that Washington and Cousins will get through
this bumpy time in their marriage with a brand new contract that makes things all better.
It may also mean
some bumpy times as you both learn to settle into a new dynamic.
Also bear in mind that 11 months is one of
those bumpy times in feeding (the other one I seem to get tons of questions about is 20 months, and that's all about control) when kids sometimes just seem to stop eating solids for some reason (lots of times it seems like they only want to eat things they can self - feed, which doesn't work too well if they don't have many teeth yet).
Although she was welcomed and the group was very interested in hearing from her, she had
a bumpy time.
A version of this review appears in print on, on Page E6 of the New York edition with the headline: Saddling Up for
Some Bumpy Time Travel.
The first quarter of 2018 produced quite
a bumpy time in the market, as key indexes realized dramatic closing price gains and losses as well as erratic intraday swings.
The Washington hotel has had
a bumpier time with food offerings.