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
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
Yamamoto’s first three starts back had gotten progressively less impressive, following up a pair of four-inning efforts with a three-inning, four-run clunker against the Rockies in Los Angeles last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024
For all of the frustration Buehler expressed after Tuesday night’s clunker, however, there was one goal he hoped wasn’t yet out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
I stop and adjust my backpack, shifting the weight of an old clunker of a laptop.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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