Examples of dud in a Sentence
Noun
The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.
She put on her new duds for the party.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025
First, his ex-fling Amber arrives with a chip on her shoulder from their dud of a relationship and snarkily brings up how dating Janine is a power imbalance.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
After back-to-back losses— a dud performance and a choke job — San Francisco played a team wholly inferior in the New England Patriots.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Noun
But overall, the stock has been a dud since its IPO, despite soaring private market valuations of sports teams.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025
First, his ex-fling Amber arrives with a chip on her shoulder from their dud of a relationship and snarkily brings up how dating Janine is a power imbalance.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Duplass’ Michael is a dud, sorta sweet but totally spineless.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
After back-to-back losses— a dud performance and a choke job — San Francisco played a team wholly inferior in the New England Patriots.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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