How do you use Bummer in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like irritation or annoyance, plus the exact meaning.
Bummer meaning
- A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
- An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
- A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Synonyms of Bummer
Using Bummer
- The main meaning on this page is: A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. | An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. | A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
- Useful related words include: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration.
- In the example corpus, bummer often appears in combinations such as: of bummer, bummer for, real bummer.
Context around Bummer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bummer
- In this selection, "bummer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, real, aaron, major, gregory, jobs and remix stand out and add context to how "bummer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a definite bummer and a major bummer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bummer" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bummer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s a real bummer, for sure. (7 words)
Fair enough — climate change is kind of the ultimate bummer! (10 words)
In came Aaron Bummer — another great baseball name — who struck Realmuto out. (12 words)
And, and this is important, it’s worth stressing just how lovely the bulk is in 151. While it’s a bummer of a set to open in terms of rare cards, it’s been such a pleasure to take my time and study individual regular cards. (47 words)
Being on nearly every platform, yet being unable to transfer saves between them is a real bummer that would be great to see addressed, but as with cross-platform play, we wouldn’t count on seeing this functionality come to the game, either. (43 words)
Portman herself acknowledged the critique in recent years, stating, "It was a bummer because it felt like people were so excited about new ones and then to have people feel disappointed. (31 words)
Fair enough — climate change is kind of the ultimate bummer! (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aaron Bummer, Gregory Santos (1-0), Kendall Graveman and Middleton combined for four scoreless innings in relief of Dylan Cease.
And, and this is important, it’s worth stressing just how lovely the bulk is in 151. While it’s a bummer of a set to open in terms of rare cards, it’s been such a pleasure to take my time and study individual regular cards.
But one thing that I was struck by was that it doesn't seem to have a third act that's a major bummer.
Fair enough — climate change is kind of the ultimate bummer!
First off, you can't eat the ones that are already dried up and on the loose around town, which is a definite bummer.
I am seriously hoping this new series returns, what a bummer to bring it back and then stop running a great show.
In came Aaron Bummer — another great baseball name — who struck Realmuto out.
It’s a real bummer, for sure.
Most of us have had bummer jobs where we stayed employed way longer than we wanted to only because we had to.
Portman herself acknowledged the critique in recent years, stating, "It was a bummer because it felt like people were so excited about new ones and then to have people feel disappointed.
This creates a major bummer for candidates and recruiters alike makes the company look inconsiderate or disorganized.
Which is a real bummer of a superstition because, like I said earlier, they’re all over the place.
Your girlfriend wants you to not only rescind the offer but to explain that his tear-streaked face would be a bummer at her happy event.
And every now and then, the news is all a bummer–this is mostly that today.
Being on nearly every platform, yet being unable to transfer saves between them is a real bummer that would be great to see addressed, but as with cross-platform play, we wouldn’t count on seeing this functionality come to the game, either.
But still, criticizing “Stairway To Heaven” and refusing to play it has been quite a bummer for fans.
But the zombie bowling team story has never been adapted anywhere — which is a bummer, because according to Romero, it was a good one.
Criticisms of the "Thunderbolts*" preview also point to a trend that many might have assumed was at an end: the movie trailer "bummer" remix.
Relievers Aaron Bummer and Gregory Santos were traded away in the offseason, and ace right-hander Dylan Cease was dealt to San Diego in March.
She nearly succeeded, except for “one real bummer” that cut her energy production by half.
Common combinations with bummer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of bummer 12×
- bummer for 10×
- real bummer 6×
- bummer of 5×
- is bummer 5×
- bummer that 5×
- bummer and 5×
- was bummer 4×
- the bummer 4×
- aaron bummer 3×