How to Use crummy in a Sentence

crummy

adjective
  • Grizzlies, for all their heft and roar, are kind of crummy hunters.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But the crowds thin out, sometimes by a lot, when the weather turns crummy.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2017
  • Global warming is in full swing and even rich people have to eat crummy food.
    — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2010
  • Well maybe if your boss gave you a raise, you guys could afford a new one instead of that crummy old lemon.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 14 Feb. 2022
  • All around, the mood is kind of crummy — consumer sentiment hit a record low last month.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 June 2022
  • My neighborhood is filled with really crummy signs and beat up things that need to be fixed.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Participants on both sides agreed that a shootout was a crummy way to conclude.
    — Jerry Brewer | Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The crummy jobless claims numbers put investors in a selling mood.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 July 2020
  • The room was crummy, with cracks and spiders, and the pair could have hardly been less equipped for their endeavor.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Nov. 2019
  • One or two nights of crummy sleep is not going to impact your overall performance.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • So, so many people out there just keep using the crummy old showerheads in their showers.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 10 June 2021
  • Going out for my prework run has meant a lot of stumbling around and using my phone as a crummy flashlight.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • My two co-voyagers (who have been dating for years) had been sleeping on a crummy air mattress for the past five nights.
    — Kyle Schmitt, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The proportion of crummy comments is higher here than in any other state.
    — WIRED, 25 Aug. 2017
  • But knowing where to look — and when to act — can mean the difference between crummy or cozy quarters.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 9 June 2017
  • So, while three inches of rain sounds crummy, 18 inches of snow would be far from ideal (for some of us).
    — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Thanks to all the folks @KCIAirport who have worked hard in crummy weather.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 21 Feb. 2018
  • But rarely does anyone reserve the same kind of generosity for a piece of crummy old software.
    — Sheon Han, WIRED, 9 May 2023
  • How about the Browns suggest taking on Solder’s crummy deal, and adding a second- and third-round pick?
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2020
  • But what if staying in your crummy job is the only way to have tens of thousands of dollars in student debt forgiven?
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Killed is a metaphor for how crummy most of the New Hollywood directors' last, last films were.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2021
  • With crummy weather leading the field until Sunday, the best that the best in the world could do was hunker down and play smart.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Her job as a visiting nurse takes her to some of the crummiest buildings in Greater Boston.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
  • One of the cases in the report was about Jermiah Miller, a man with a crummy driving record.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The illness that hampered Williams in Game 7 against the Heat was simply crummy luck.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Going over the river and through the woods was more dangerous back when cars had crummy bias-ply tires, rear-wheel drive, and less effective drum brakes.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2021
  • Gear malfunctions, crummy weather, and bloodied limbs don’t stop us from heading into the unknown.
    — Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But even given all of those factors, to have a crummy showing on the heels of a productive film session was at the very least surprising.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Even though Markkanen is critical to the Cavs’ success, that loss could be offset by the glut of crummy teams ahead.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2022
  • There are also the unhelpful phone calls from her husband, telling her to enjoy the spoils of the crummy motel she’s forced to reside in due to said hole.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025

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