clunker
Example Sentences
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So long as “Cars” could make Disney billions of dollars, the film itself being a veritable clunker was a non-issue.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 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
Unlike the losses in Cleveland and Detroit that ensured this trip would be a clunker, this wasn’t about fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 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
I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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