sitting duck

Example Sentences

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In my opinion, I could be a sitting duck.

From MarketWatch

All the time, Stern feared his boat was a sitting duck for Venezuelan security forces.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marked up under his right eye, Yarde was not quite a sitting duck yet but was not winning rounds either - perhaps guilty of showing the champion too much respect.

From BBC

Nestled between two mountains, the village of Fudai was a sitting duck for an incoming wave.

From Literature

“I knew I was a bit of a sitting duck if I wasn’t careful,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal