clunker
Example Sentences
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For instance, your friend may have just laughed when you offered to replace their old clunker with a new car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025
Flaherty’s most recent trip was less memorable, a five-run clunker last April amid a career-worst season.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
For all of the frustration Buehler expressed after Tuesday night’s clunker, however, there was one goal he hoped wasn’t yet out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Mom drove our old clunker up to the drop-off curb behind a bunch of other cars—mostly fancy cars like BMWs, Volvos, and Jeeps, all shiny and freshly waxed in a variety of bright colors.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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