Examples of rube in a Sentence
They treated us as if we were a bunch of rubes.
rural voters were tired of being treated as rubes by state officials, who showed interest in them only at election time
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All those unsuspecting rubes with no idea what’s about to hit them.
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
And yet, to holier-than-thou doctors like young Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson), Howard is a cautionary tale: a glutton who can’t control himself, a rube who hasn’t heard of Ozempic, and a lazy slouch who can’t manage to drag himself to aqua aerobics.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
That set-up makes Cole relatively unique among prediction markets’ headliners, many of whom are suspected of exploiting insider info to dupe rubes for short-term gains.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Feb. 2026
Harry would be right to be bitter; Sally’s optimism was for rubes.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
And yet, to holier-than-thou doctors like young Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson), Howard is a cautionary tale: a glutton who can’t control himself, a rube who hasn’t heard of Ozempic, and a lazy slouch who can’t manage to drag himself to aqua aerobics.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
That set-up makes Cole relatively unique among prediction markets’ headliners, many of whom are suspected of exploiting insider info to dupe rubes for short-term gains.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Feb. 2026
Harry would be right to be bitter; Sally’s optimism was for rubes.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Rube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rube. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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