bummer

Example Sentences

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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

As a street artist, however, Mero has had to embrace impermanence, although she acknowledges it can be a bummer when a piece disappears in a day or two.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

As Woody puts it in a bummer of a one-liner, “toys are for play, but tech is for everything.”

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

It’s kind of a bummer to think your own dad might have been someone who called you Gorgeous.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead