crummy

Example Sentences

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A crummy winter brought plenty of potholes and repairs.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

"Nothing at all apart from my little crummy car and my dog."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Gifted prospects are routinely sacrificed on crummy franchises ill-prepared to develop or even protect them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

In-game proposition bets kept viewers in their seats through to the end of crummy blowout games, which meant higher advertising rates for telecasts, so the networks were happy too.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

“Listen, I can tell there’s somebody in there. I heard you stomping around in that hall. Open up these crummy shutters.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole