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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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
The result is a vivid, surprisingly varied range of bummers, both domestic and foreign, many of them exquisite in their stoic but not heartless dramatizations of a world out to get you, somehow, with forces of doom snaking through the narratives.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Today, Google encourages everyone to pay for a Google One subscription to get more space, which is a bit of a bummer.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
One night at dinner, my daughter whispered to me that the empty bread basket was a bummer.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 19 May 2025
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Noun
At the time, did you guys view Shane’s near-instant firing from Saturday Night Live a bummer or a blessing?
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
The result is a vivid, surprisingly varied range of bummers, both domestic and foreign, many of them exquisite in their stoic but not heartless dramatizations of a world out to get you, somehow, with forces of doom snaking through the narratives.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Today, Google encourages everyone to pay for a Google One subscription to get more space, which is a bit of a bummer.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
One night at dinner, my daughter whispered to me that the empty bread basket was a bummer.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 19 May 2025
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bummer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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