How to Use bummer in a Sentence

bummer

noun
  • And that feels like a bummer to me.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe this all sounds like a bummer.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And so to not see that was a huge bummer.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • That’s kind of a bummer not to kind of get a feel for the game.
    — Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2020
  • If this is the end of all of our lives, well, that’s a bummer.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Can the song of the summer be a bit of a bummer?
    — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The bummer is that there are only four episodes.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But that isn’t to suggest that the record is a bummer.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The only bummer of the whole thing?
    — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The only bummer is putting your ski boots back on post-lunch.
    — Amanda Faison, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Then again, thinking about death is a bummer.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • People thought the script was a bummer.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That would have been a real bummer.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The only bummer is this place charges more to use a credit card.
    — Brenda Cain and Yadi Rodriguez - Cleveland.com, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Rumors of such a move surfaced a while back … but still a bummer.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 24 June 2026
  • And now that's gone in this version, which is a pretty big bummer.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022
  • These sheets also aren’t available in twin sizes, which is a bit of a bummer.
    — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the creators and the cast didn’t want the revival to feel like a bummer.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • People just aren’t fans of change—and sometimes, that’s just kind of a bummer.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2020
  • Of course, the caveat being that Dave’s not here, and that that has been a bummer.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Anyway, the biggest bummer is to come.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • The only bummer is her cases are novel length with so many great beats in them.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
  • That must have been a real bummer since you guys had so much momentum.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The bummer is when you’re really stoked on something no one cares.
    — Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • Having that much time left on the clock telegraphed the result, which is kind of a bummer.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 May 2022
  • While the hardware is great, this nickel-and-diming is a bummer.
    — Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The outcome remains a large bummer.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Which is not to say that Slow Horses has turned into a bummer.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In a week like few others, a bit of a bummer finally arrived.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • But kind of a bummer today, to see it as a mistrial — that was a punch to the stomach.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

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