stinker

Example Sentences

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When was the last time you had a conversation with someone about Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s 2010 stinker, “Knight and Day”?

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

Rob Edwards has had an absolute stinker since leaving Middlesbrough to take the Wolves job.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The judges did admirable work laying out the historical record, saying, “This is a stinker, this is a loser.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

Yamamoto had his second-worst stinker as a Dodger, surpassed by only his fumble of the division series opener last season against the Padres.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Then that stinker Paulie T. said, “I’m still mad, and don’t think I’m forgetting anything, Ida B. And I’m not too sure about forgiving, either.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan