Examples of deadbeat in a Sentence
His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats.
He was accused of being a deadbeat.
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To track down her mother, Lila teams up with her deadbeat father for a journey that includes grudge-settling, Russian criminals, and corrupt politicians.
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
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, 15 May 2026
Housing prices and rents are inflated by restrictive zoning laws, union work and pay scale mandates, excessive building codes and environmental requirements, litigation and planning process delays, anti-landlord policies that favor deadbeats and squatters, and the list goes on.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 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
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
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, 15 May 2026
Housing prices and rents are inflated by restrictive zoning laws, union work and pay scale mandates, excessive building codes and environmental requirements, litigation and planning process delays, anti-landlord policies that favor deadbeats and squatters, and the list goes on.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 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
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“Deadbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadbeat. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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