stinker

Example Sentences

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When was the last time you had a conversation with someone about Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s 2010 stinker, “Knight and Day”?

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

The judges did admirable work laying out the historical record, saying, “This is a stinker, this is a loser.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

“I wouldn’t spend two more seconds thinking about what happened in that game,” Harbaugh said of Herbert’s four-interception stinker in a loss to the Houston Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Bournemouth were impressive at Molineux on Saturday but Wolves did not half make things easy for them, and their goalkeeper Jose Sa had a real stinker.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Then that stinker Paulie T. said, “I’m still mad, and don’t think I’m forgetting anything, Ida B. And I’m not too sure about forgiving, either.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan