How to Use stinker in a Sentence

stinker

noun

• He is a dirty little stinker.
• There’s tons of stuff out right now, and most of it is great—a few stinkers aside.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Then, of course, that little stinker was not going to be caged.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2021
• Bury the edges of the cloth to keep any little stinkers from getting in.
  — Cathy Rubin, Philly.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• There was a lot to process two days after that stinker of a home opener.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
• That is to say, the Raiders putting up a stinker after a statement win.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• One team can have a blinder, the other a stinker; these things happen.
  — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
• This is tough—3,500 holes of golf to choose from, and few outright stinkers.
  — David Weiss, Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2015
• Game 3’s stinker was a team effort, in all the worst ways possible.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
• Anybody can have a stinker in a league as deep as this Big 12 turned out to be.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
• Dent put up a stinker in UCLA’s loss to Cal.
  — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
• Even those of us who aren’t big Minecraft players can tell that this movie is destined to be a stinker.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Even with that stinker in last season’s opener, the Packers’ plan worked.
  — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
• Better than last year — an easy target — and maybe the best in the last 10 years, but still a stinker.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
• Even with Monday’s stinker, the Stars still have two chances to end the Avalanche.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• There aren't really many bad phones anymore, at least not in the way that there used to be flagship stinkers.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2017
• The 2026 schedule also has some stinkers.
  — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 25 May 2026
• If the Warriors were due for a stinker, the bill arrived in Cleveland.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
• But his track record of stinkers certainly won't help his case with the Academy.
  — Paula Bernstein, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2019
• Carson Wentz is playing too well and the pass rush/run defense have been too stout for there to be a stinker.
  — Philly.com Staff, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• None come close to reaching the heights of Wan’s vision, but there are a few gems and a few real stinkers in the bunch.
  — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
• But that doesn’t mean even one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood is immune from the odd stinker or two.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Feb. 2022
• Ryan, dial up that ain’t-a-stinker act to 100, and lace every single line with weapons-grade snark.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2021
• Maybe that opening-game stinker at Florida State was the best thing to happen to this team.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• Fergie and Josh Duhamel's son, Axl, also dressed as a little stinker.
  — Brie Schwartz, Redbook, 3 Nov. 2014
• Good starting pitching is contagious, as the starters don't want to be the one who lets the rotation down with a stinker.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 May 2018
• At least Molina read these lines in the privacy of a recording studio rather than on the set of this stinker.
  — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
• Saturday’s loss to the Nashville Predators was, for the most part, a stinker.
  — Joe Smith, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
• Monken will still call the plays but will face an extra layer of skepticism from fans because of the Chiefs stinker.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
• Right as romantic comedies were curdling at the box office, Adams made one of the genre’s all-time stinkers.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024