clunker

Example Sentences

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In a clunker of a season opener, they couldn’t tackle on defense or consistently move the ball on offense behind new quarterback Nico Iamaleava.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

Flaherty’s most recent trip was less memorable, a five-run clunker last April amid a career-worst season.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Not that many fans back in the Pacific Northwest were watching or listening when Leo Rivas made the final out to end the 2-hour, 39-minute clunker.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

But still, clunker that it was, the four-year-old gaming console in the family room worked.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein