CHUMP in a Sentence

Learn CHUMP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CHUMP, such as:
1. Nothing was heard but the chump of jaws and the chink of glasses.
2. With his musical talent, he would be much more than some chump pretending to play guitar and sing.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CHUMP
chump
 n.  a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Classic Sentence:
1  Juanita Haydock mocked, "You're a chump to let a good hired girl like Bea go."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  Nothing was heard but the chump of jaws and the chink of glasses.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
Example Sentence:
1  With his musical talent, he would be much more than some chump pretending to play guitar and sing.