bummer

Example Sentences

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It’s a bit of a bummer that ad blocking only works with Lightway.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

A bummer for the Lakers that they’ll have to face good teams in the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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 came with the pre-installed name of “Rocky,” which was kind of a bummer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 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