sugar daddy

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to have to become a businessperson, but that is what — without a sugar daddy or a trust fund, and outside the confines of academia — being an artist does to you.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

“Now that the U.S. is no longer the big sugar daddy, the market has really diversified,” said Sean McFate, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of “The New Rules of War.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2021

Is French culture destroyed by the Nazis or by the moral depravity of rich men like Manon’s sugar daddy, Geronte, who make accommodations with them?

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2016

Some of these scenarios were satisfying: Joan giving up her sugar daddy and starting her own business.

From The New Yorker • May 18, 2015

"This study shows that as long as they are given enough money to survive, girls will choose not to have a sugar daddy," said Lucie Cluver of the University of Oxford.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2013