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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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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2024
The result has the Orioles in all-black softball-style duds with toreador pants.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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Noun
But after a pair of duds against Dallas to open the Western Conference Finals — both losses on Minnesota’s home floor — praise is quickly, and justifiably, devolving into criticism.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2024
The result has the Orioles in all-black softball-style duds with toreador pants.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
Adjective
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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