sucker

Example Sentences

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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

I’m a bit of a sucker for VPN providers that stick to a VPN’s classic mission of privacy and security.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

“Train Dreams,” a film on Netflix starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, is breathtaking in the most literal way, delivering emotion like a sucker punch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

I was a sucker for the soft-handed Levantine affections.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides