How to Use bummed in a Sentence

bummed

adjective
  • Was there any part of you that was bummed not to be the killer?
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Alex seems bummed that that is a job description, let alone hers.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 26 May 2020
  • Not a lot of clip reels this year, which a lot of movie and TV lovers are bummed about.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Jesus is bummed, but then Christian comes in and loves the result.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even more bummed to get home after long 36 hours and find out my house was burglarized.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Burns says he’d be bummed about that 2024 mission if there weren’t so many more coming up.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Kripke swears none of this was intentional and, if anything, seems rather bummed about it.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Some watching at home, however, seemed bummed that no vote for Group B took place.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 6 Oct. 2020
  • My husband was a little bummed out, but hasn’t expressed any real annoyance over it.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Though some viewers seem a little bummed about watching old auditions, the bright side is that new episodes will be coming out soon.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2020
  • Reacting to the news, some fans seemed a bit bummed that the season 15 live shows would be put off another week.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Even by Souled American’s standards, these songs sound downright bummed.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Calgary Herald talked to a number of fans who were very bummed that their favorite rapper was a no-show.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 July 2018
  • Ben wasn’t exactly bummed when his Ducks’ bet tanked as Oregon State won easily.
    — oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Yet with these new songs out in the world, the three musicians don’t seem particularly bummed not to have their old ones in ready circulation.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Obviously a little bummed out but hopefully a chance to get rested up and well and be back hopefully sooner rather than later.
    — Fox News, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Instead of taking responsibility, Hunter claimed that a bummed cigarette must have been laced with it.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 20 Oct. 2020
  • For the bookish, the bummed, and the British, the Fall represent a fading type of bedlam brought on by the presence of a true punk anti-hero.
    — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • Speaking of bummed-out veterans, Brayden Schenn isn’t exactly thrilled with things either.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Theo is an architect bummed about the state of his work, forced to celebrate the completion of a soulless apartment building at a glitzy lunch with his coworkers.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Viewers, understandably, are bummed.
    — Julie Hinds, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Only 47% of Americans were bummed about the economy in 2024.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Now, obviously different people have their favorite characters, and those people are bummed when their favorite character leaves.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In spite of being super bummed about her fame early in the video, Invisible Taylor is pretty sad about being invisible at first.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The former Celebrity Apprentice contestant is probably pretty bummed right now.
    — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 24 May 2018
  • These are all good reasons to feel bummed out about humanity, but leave it to Lanthimos to express his dismay in the most arch and self-congratulatory way possible.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • While many Voice fans are excited to see Gwen and Blake's real-life romance play out during the singing competition show, others are understandably bummed about Nick's departure.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Oct. 2020

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