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

And while this dressing-down of beloved works might seem like another bummer in a world of doomscrolling, @heartthrobanderson is anything but.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

A close reading reveals that the song is, in fact, a major bummer.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

“Um, just because...it was sort of a bummer growing up an only child,” Grace said, covering.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway