clunker
Example Sentences
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For instance, your friend may have just laughed when you offered to replace their old clunker with a new car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
And while James’ ramp-up after his injury return included a clunker in Orlando and a buzzer-beater in Chicago, the team quickly found its footing in good wins against Houston and in Memphis and Oklahoma City.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
Art had a gun, a pre-Second World War surplus clunker of a thing, which he kept in the barn.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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