bottom feeder
Example Sentences
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The tabloid’s reporting on Edwards won new respect for a publication that had been derided as a bottom feeder in news media circles.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Meyer’s actions were the latest embarrassment for a franchise that’s been mostly a bottom feeder since Khan took over in 2012.
From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2021
“We’re like this entertainment-industry bottom feeder, and as such we have a ton of creative freedom to really define what the American pub quiz actually is.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020
It is a bottom feeder and will take a fish-bait either alive or dead; it is said occasionally to run at a spinning bait when used very deep.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
