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Recent Examples of quitterAnd the most unattractive thing in the world to me is a quitter.—EW.com, 30 July 2025 Plus, find out what TJ hates more than anything in The Challenge world — even more than quitters!—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 July 2025 But there are more than enough prospective quitters to go around.—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Temporary By Hilary Leichter Quit, by Annie Duke No one likes a quitter, the saying goes.—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for quitter
Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
As cold fronts continue to pummel the East coast and craven billionaires and mad kings continue to play pickle-ball with our rights, lifting up the light has rarely felt more important.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
Obi-Wan, the craven victor, revealing his true self.
Baggy trousers easily lend themselves to casual wear, and Aritzia’s Effortless Pants have the perfect slouch.
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Genevieve Cepeda,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
His three previous seasons in Pittsburgh were no slouch either, as his combined total receiving yardage through four years is eighth across the NFL in that same time-span.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026