(1) I showed up with my clunker of a mountain bike, wearing a tank top and shorts, and I was good to go.

(2) On the band's four-song demo, only one song is a clunker , overdoing the keyboards so that they sound like a wild vibraphone.

(3) It includes nonsense about not raking up lawn clippings, using fluorescent light bulbs and getting your old clunker of a car tuned more often.

(4) Novel after novel and not a clunker among them

(5) Even the most discriminating of readers occasionally finds himself immersed in a volume that, for all its promise, turns out to be a real clunker .

(6) Although, then again, if her press people had had the chance to review the article, perhaps they could have prevented this clunker from appearing.

(7) The script is a real clunker , featuring dialogue so inept one is tempted to suspect the screenwriter died early in the process.

(8) Familiar, yes, but substandard, like going back to drive the old clunker of a car you used to own before you could finally afford something brand new.

(9) A driver might manage his race wisely, but if the car is a clunker , what you know about your competitors means little.

(10) Novel after novel and not a clunker among them

(11) Sixteen songs, and not a clunker amongst them, really is an embarrassment of riches and will surely bring this gifted singer songwriter the audience he deserves.

(12) All she left was my old clunker of a car, my clothes, and my gun.

(13) Even her buoyant presence fails to keep this cinematic clunker from sinking.

(14) But in all honesty I'm just glad for the fact that the movie is not the cast-iron clunker it could've been.

(15) It can also be fun to modernize an old clunker , particularly if you're the type who likes to tinker.

(16) But moving to the cutting edge of PC technology often creates a problem - what to do with the old clunker .

(17) One of her friends had an old clunker he was fixing up.

(18) He's old, and he must not have very much - you should see the old clunker he drives around in.

(19) Ready to get out of that old clunker and slide into a shiny new car?

(20) It's a shame that there are several clunkers mixed with such strong material - they had enough good tunes to release a much more solid album.

(21) I'll be the first person to admit that not every episode of this first season was perfect, but there are no real clunkers in the lot.

(22) A few truly compelling works were generated, but also several mediocre ones, along with a couple of real clunkers .

(23) Much more powerful 750 horsepower engines replaced the 500 horsepower clunkers on the original.

(24) Sure, there were a few clunkers in their discography, but one couldn't deny their innate ability to craft such dark, soulful, rock songs.

(25) In writing this review and consequently refreshing of my memory of all the episodes in this year, I was surprised to find so many clunkers in the midst.

(26) In fact the painting is so bad that it might well be one of the artist's many authentic clunkers .

(27) Three of the album's thirteen songs go absolutely nowhere - the first time I've ever heard three clunkers on one of their albums.

(28) Indeed, there can't be too many people who haven't bought a CD for one song, to find the rest of the album is full of clunkers .

(29) We've all been through that horrid process of buying clunkers from guys in slick suits and even slicker haircuts.

(30) Computer stores probably don't sell clunkers like your old laptop any more.