How to Use crappy in a Sentence

crappy

adjective
  • I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.
  • I felt crappy all day yesterday.
  • By the way, send your kids to bunch of crappy schools, no school choice.
    — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The group even has a crappy logo.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And that comes off as, in short, pretty crappy.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    — Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • And then to be in, again, the barracks with the cots and heavy bags and the crappy food.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Luck was on our side that day, no one was out yelling at us for being such crappy golfers.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Again, got off to another crappy start and was able to fight it off.
    — Josh Dubow, The Denver Post, 16 June 2019
  • All this, by the way, with crappy clubs and crappier range balls.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
  • Have a mimosa and toast to the downfall of crappy men in music!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 May 2025
  • Learn a trade, get your degree (and don't quit), don't settle for a crappy job long term.
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 27 May 2020
  • Non-crappy teams can convey seconds in the top half of the second round.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021
  • That means no crappy old shells, or silhouettes that glare in the sunshine.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Helped unlock the next stage of their career, because work is crappy.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
  • What is great will always be weeded out over time, and what is crappy will fall by the wayside.
    — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Ah, but this is the new Webb, whose secret weapon is … a pair of crappy fastballs.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Your phone's app store is brimming with ways to turn your car—no matter how crappy—into cash.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Look, this case, this hush money case, was the case that everybody said was the crappy case of the four.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The place was small with a crappy little Pullman kitchen and a shower.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Go talk to Democrats in the legislature who have brought us this crappy project.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Buying a crappy split can leave you stranded deep in the backcountry.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Much of the research on weight is based on body mass index…which is a crappy measure of health or illness.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Curiosity might draw him, but a whole run of crappy calling won’t.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
  • No crappy oils or preservatives.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 June 2026
  • You’re handed a shirt, and some pants, and some crappy shoes, and a little towel roll with a toothbrush in it.
    — Sarah Vitak, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Like a lot of people I got obsessed with all the crappy things that are happening.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
  • The agents appeared to know young Markell was losing weight, forced to eat crappy food, whipped with a belt and slapped around.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • While many of them are no doubt well-meaning, some of the observations felt pretty crappy to read.
    — Korin Miller, Glamour, 17 July 2017
  • But the all-powerful Queen Bey cannot make up for the crappy acoustics.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023

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