duds

Example Sentences

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The truly remarkable thing about Harden’s duds is that they didn’t even come close to registering as the worst postseason outings of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Lucasfilm was hit-and-miss under Kennedy—for every Star Wars success story like The Force Awakens, there were duds like Solo, a spinoff that focuses on original trilogy icon Han Solo.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The United States has a sophisticated testing system that doesn’t require setting off explosions, and when it comes to deterrence, nobody in the world assumes that America’s arsenal is full of duds.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

There were also duds - far too many - but Gerrard was bullet proof.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

Large numbers of the shells fired were duds; they failed to detonate.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman