sucker

Example Sentences

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Even among "other species with short little arms and a single sucker row, its colouration and smooth skin on the back surface separate it", she added.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The part of me that’s a sucker for goal-setting and self-transformation also wondered: What if, rather than reject the parenting canon, I were to embrace it?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

I’m a bit of a sucker for VPN providers that stick to a VPN’s classic mission of privacy and security.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

One day I heard a sucker stop and offer him forty bucks—that’s forty more than it was worth.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote