bummer
Example Sentences
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Certainly not from the game itself; basketball moves fast, and a bummer can become a bust in a blink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
While owners can turn off the banner ads, doing so eliminates the widget altogether, a bummer for Brian Bosworth, a media-industry engineer who liked the feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Are we to believe that one of pop’s bright new stars was once … kind of a bummer?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
That’s a bummer, but at least there’s no shoveling involved.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
"It's hard to think of them as suspects because we really like all of them. It's a bummer to think that one of them is letting Buttons out of the animal pen."
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
