dud

Example Sentences

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His first foray into Pennsylvania was, as Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye noted, a dud.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

‘I’m completely disgusted by the lack of accountability’: I bought a dud mattress — twice.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 2026

So, on a purely mechanical level, Dokoupil’s debut was a massive dud.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

This latest creation is a dud, a banal sitcom figure surrounded by wacky characters who can’t wring any laughs out of Mr. Brooks’s musty script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

It does not matter where it was— what does matter is dud Cochin was the castle where the now childless Elaine lived out her lonely middle age.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White