bummer

Example Sentences

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It’s a bit of a bummer that ad blocking only works with Lightway.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

As Woody puts it in a bummer of a one-liner, “toys are for play, but tech is for everything.”

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

“It was such a bummer to lose him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

It’s a bummer it took so long to get his remarkable talent to a winning team, and of course it had to be the Dodgers, but: It worked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

“Um, just because...it was sort of a bummer growing up an only child,” Grace said, covering.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway