schmuck

Example Sentences

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“They think, ‘I’m the only schmuck that feels this bad,’ and never get the corrective feedback that depression is like the common cold of mental illness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

I feel like a schmuck for financing her and her kids.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023

“I often think if I’d asked, now we’d have two kids and a house. Instead, I’m some schmuck who’s alone in his house at fifty-three.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

“But after I tackled him, I was like, run, Amos, you schmuck, he’s ten times bigger than you! And I got up and started running as fast as I could!”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio