dud in the PONS Dictionary

dud Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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I've had a wing fold up at a thousand feet while sitting on a dud parachute.
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The website tracks gossip news and dud ads from around the world as well as collects advertising and commercials.
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The first torpedoes hit, except they were duds, probably fired from too close-in; but a coup de grce caused the ship to sink stern-first.
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During the sea trial, two duds and two remotely controlled rounds were fired, and the result was less than satisfactory.
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She launched two torpedoes; one was a dud, and the other exploded on the ocean bottom.
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His work helped save the project from being a costly dud, even though its final product was larger and heavier than he desired.
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He wrote a dud cheque for 3000 to pay for some pearls and a ring.
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If the good stuff does nt stick around long enough, the silver lining is that the stinkers and the duds do nt last much longer.
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One torpedo hit the target but proved to be a dud, and another passed under the freighter and hit an escort.
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To my notion, he drew no dud cartoons.
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