bummer
Example Sentences
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She detects a generalized funk poisoning our existence and asks, not unreasonably, “What is with this bummer veil cast over everything fun or exciting?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
While owners can turn off the banner ads, doing so eliminates the widget altogether, a bummer for Brian Bosworth, a media-industry engineer who liked the feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
It’s a bit of a bummer that ad blocking only works with Lightway.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
To prove her wrong, Ledger flips it on anyway and to his dismay, it plays one bummer after another, station after station, until finally, the two of them share a much-needed laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 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
