bombed

Example Sentences

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But the pub trivia night was fun, even though I bombed with British topics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The buildings in Tehran and Qom where they were meant to meet were bombed this week but they are reported to be meeting virtually.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

There was late drama as McGrath bombed out of his second leg, hitting a gate high up the course so hard it knocked him out of his rhythm.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

“At the time that I was looking, the Tesla stocks bombed really hard, and resale is always top of mind for me,” De Groot said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

“In America we don’t really understand why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.”

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata