third wheel
Example Sentences
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Banderas allows the cinematographer Jasper Wolf to introduce him with a close-up of the gray in his beard, and then settles into the role of being the movie’s third wheel.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
Patrick became a third wheel in their life as a couple, joining them for dates and trips out of town.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022
James’s third wheel, Russell Westbrook, has been a disastrous fit and a major impediment to the Lakers’ cap flexibility and trade options.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022
Playing the third wheel was Scott Disick, aka the ex of Kourtney Kardashian.
From Fox News • Dec. 20, 2021
The relationship was all-consuming in a not entirely healthy way and Sasha had felt like a third wheel whenever they were together.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
