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

“And I’ve always loved that the ultimate arbiter of any performance has been the audience and not some schmuck producer or executive producer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

"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

Now I was Percy Jackson, the poor schmuck with the ugly monster for a brother.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan