How to Use crummy in a Sentence

crummy

adjective

• Thanks to all the folks @KCIAirport who have worked hard in crummy weather.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 21 Feb. 2018
• But the crowds thin out, sometimes by a lot, when the weather turns crummy.
  — David Owen, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2017
• But what surprised me was how crummy my night’s rest was.
  — Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• Do all the crummy jobs: Get in the corners; clean the grease off the tops of the cupboards; pull out the stove and the refrigerator.
  — Jennifer Day Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
• The illness that hampered Williams in Game 7 against the Heat was simply crummy luck.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 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
• 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
• 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
• All around, the mood is kind of crummy — consumer sentiment hit a record low last month.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• There is the potential for some crummy weather when the Panthers meet the Browns in Cleveland on Dec. 9.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 19 Apr. 2018
• Global warming is in full swing and even rich people have to eat crummy food.
  — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2010
• 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
• Killed is a metaphor for how crummy most of the New Hollywood directors' last, last films were.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2021
• The Berlioz was a knockout, however crummy the sound system.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• If a team had a great win-loss record but a crummy RPI, it was thought to diminish their chance of making the tournament.
  — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
• 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
• 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
• Participants on both sides agreed that a shootout was a crummy way to conclude.
  — Jerry Brewer | Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
• 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
• My neighborhood is filled with really crummy signs and beat up things that need to be fixed.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 10 Dec. 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
• The crummy jobless claims numbers put investors in a selling mood.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 July 2020
• Show of hands: Who’d like to evacuate the crummy, seemingly endless cold of Cincinnati for a week of sunny and 80 in AZ?
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• On the road, in crummy weather conditions, against the Pac-12′s top rushing offense, which was coming off a bye.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• So, so many people out there just keep using the crummy old showerheads in their showers.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 10 June 2021
• 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
• The proportion of crummy comments is higher here than in any other state.
  — WIRED, 25 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024