Examples of pushover in a Sentence
They thought the first team they played would be a pushover.
The exam was a pushover.
Dad's a pushover. He'll let me do anything I want.
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Courts were often pushovers and tended to excuse the lack of awareness about AI hallucinations.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Paraguay won’t be a pushover, though.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Be polite, but don’t be a pushover.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
Berrettini certainly isn't a pushover.
—Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Paraguay won’t be a pushover, though.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Be polite, but don’t be a pushover.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
Berrettini certainly isn't a pushover.
—Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pushover
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“Pushover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pushover. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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pushover
noun
push·over
ˈpu̇sh-ˌō-vər 
1
: an opponent easy to defeat or incapable of resistance
2
: someone unable to resist an attraction or appeal
3
: something easily done : snap
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