goner

Example Sentences

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Now, he’s a goner, delivering Sir Keir Starmer a headache rather than a handshake.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

If he’d stayed any longer at the shelter, he would have been a goner.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

They keep chatting, she asks his age — he’s 34 — and by the time that he drops her off, Lea is a goner and the story is on its way.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The most recent goner, who gives the book its title, was an investigative journalist.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

"I can't help it. I'm a goner now, anyway. Don't you see the difference?"

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway