sad sack
Example Sentences
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Would that Christmas sad sack be hosting a cooking show on TikTok?
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Nevertheless, "I Want You Back" is a compatible showcase for its sad sack leads.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2022
Tannhäuser, no longer louche but styled with a shaved head and dressed in baggy black, comes across as a sad sack hanging out at the piano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
In “Night Safari,” first performed in January 2018, Wilson plays Gary, the sad sack leader of what may be the most pathetic animal tour ever.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
The same problem plagues sad sack Ken, who, aside from being underwritten, is saddled with the worst of the film’s gross-out humor.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
