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Examples of deadbeat in a Sentence
Noun His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats. He was accused of being a deadbeat.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026 After a career spent writing paeans to deadbeats and douchebags, of course her take on true love sounds like a horror movie. —Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025 In cases where families sued, departments later used the information from those interviews to defend themselves in court, painting the deceased as mentally ill drug addicts and deadbeat parents in part to lower the cost of damages or settlements paid to families. —Brian Howey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for deadbeat
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Noun
Based on a script by Justin Varava that made the 2024 Black List, Turpentine follows a deadbeat son who hires friends to rob his own parents to pay off a bookie, with disastrous results. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026 After a career spent writing paeans to deadbeats and douchebags, of course her take on true love sounds like a horror movie. —Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Debra and Pam married well — very well — until their money ran out because of their husbands’ medical issues, unpaid taxes, bad investments and deadbeat ways. —Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025 In cases where families sued, departments later used the information from those interviews to defend themselves in court, painting the deceased as mentally ill drug addicts and deadbeat parents in part to lower the cost of damages or settlements paid to families. —Brian Howey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for deadbeat
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“Deadbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/deadbeat. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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