third wheel
Example Sentences
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What’s more interesting is that Kate’s politics give Jaclyn and Laurie something to gossip about and leave her feeling like the third wheel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025
Step forward, Juan Gris: the eternal third wheel in Picasso and Braque’s classic rivalry, who graduates here to the TKO champion of Cubist illusion.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
He has been forever a third wheel in the sport’s love affair with Federer and Nadal.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
Playing the third wheel was Scott Disick, aka the ex of Kourtney Kardashian.
From Fox News ● Dec. 20, 2021
“I knew it. I’m totally going to be the third wheel tomorrow.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
