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

“If you don’t want to make a difference, why are you running? Let some other schmuck do it.”

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

"He turned out to be the biggest schmuck I've ever met," she said.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2023

He promised me he would be there, that schmuck.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole