sucker

Example Sentences

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It was Barnum who said not only that a sucker was born every minute, but that you should “never give a sucker an even break.”

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

The part of me that’s a sucker for goal-setting and self-transformation also wondered: What if, rather than reject the parenting canon, I were to embrace it?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Mention markets is a category rife with sucker bets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

But they have now added strong away performances to their armoury, with a solid defensive display on Tuesday allowing Jens Petter Hauge and Hakon Evjen to dish out two sucker punches.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Captain Holly Short felt as though a sucker slug was drawing her brain out through her earhole.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer