Example sentences for: dud

How can you use “dud” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But Boorman, pickled since youth in Arthurian legends, has become nearly unemployable thanks to the mythic resonances in such epic turkeys as Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Where the Heart Is (1990), and the worthy dud Beyond Rangoon (1995).

  • If only McDonald's had come out with three more boldly adult-flavored hamburgers, it would have been a perfect year for dud megaevents--all leading up of course to Y2K, the limpest milestone in human history.

  • The giant Ferris wheel didn't work, the "river of fire" was a dud, and the Millennium Dome is disappointing.

  • Astronomers demurred, comparing the visual effect to the difference between a 100-watt and a 107-watt light bulb: "Statistically, it's a neat thing, but visually it's a dud."

  • Albert Brooks is my hero, and I don't like the thought of people seeing this dud satire and concluding that he has lost his way.


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