third wheel

Example Sentences

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What’s more interesting is that Kate’s politics give Jaclyn and Laurie something to gossip about and leave her feeling like the third wheel.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“Too scared to tell your best friend? Who am I kidding? I was always the third wheel with you two.”

From Literature

But despite Payne’s claim, explaining his decision to cast Randolph to The Times, that “if she’s stealing every movie she’s in, then it’s time she should be a lead,” Mary might be better described as a third wheel in the story, serving primarily as a bridge between Hunham and Tully as she cooks their meals and grudgingly allows them to join her in the evenings as she watches “The Newlywed Game.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m sure the other institutions and athletic directors and administrations would say similar things for their program and advocate there. It’s unfortunate that somebody was going to be the third wheel, and apparently the computer decided it was us.”

From Seattle Times