Examples of bummer in a Sentence
Noun (1)
boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer
the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer
that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer
Noun (2)
a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2025
For nostalgia reasons, that's a bummer, but my kids have grown up hopping around the stepping stones in my garden and looking for geckos among the rocks and that's cool, too.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The 45% Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 color coverage is a real bummer for anyone who wants vibrant color for everything from movie watching to photo editing.
—PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
Squid Game could have been a one-season wonder instead of a three-season bummer.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Noun
It’s not been a great start to the year for Blumhouse, which also produced springtime bummer The Woman in the Yard.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2025
For nostalgia reasons, that's a bummer, but my kids have grown up hopping around the stepping stones in my garden and looking for geckos among the rocks and that's cool, too.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The 45% Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 color coverage is a real bummer for anyone who wants vibrant color for everything from movie watching to photo editing.
—PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
Squid Game could have been a one-season wonder instead of a three-season bummer.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bummer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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