Examples of sitting duck in a Sentence

The tourists were sitting ducks for local thieves. those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians

Recent Examples on the Web The uncertainty of being a sitting duck and all that pressure. — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2022 Despite all the progress made this year with the rollout of highly-effective mRNA vaccines and the availability of boosters, Georgia will be a sitting duck in another winter wave because almost half of the state hasn’t even taken their first shots. — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, 25 Dec. 2021 With only 53% of the state’s population fully vaccinated, that makes Georgia a sitting duck for another wave that could overwhelm hospitals again, experts say. — Willoughby Mariano, ajc, 21 Dec. 2021 Felling that Rhodes, up there on his plinth like a sitting duck, was a fairly simple process, technically speaking. — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 If Bridgewater is a sitting duck because of the injuries, the Broncos will have to pull him. — cleveland, 21 Oct. 2021 And as time passed, LinkedIn went from pioneer to sitting duck, stuck between Beijing and Washington as the two superpowers clashed over national security and free speech. — Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021 The Browns know Kirk Cousins (8 TDs, 0 INTs) won’t be a sitting duck as Fields was. — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021 If this promo exchange turns into a shoot-style like Ruby and Britt Baker, Charlotte Flair is a sitting duck for obvious reasons. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021 See More

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