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Examples of deadbeat in a Sentence
Noun
His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats.
He was accused of being a deadbeat.
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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.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
Others may even cheer the hard line against supposedly deadbeat allies who in this view have taken advantage of American friendship for too long.
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Peter Baker,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2024
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Noun
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
Adjective
Debra and Pam married well — very well — until their money ran out because of their husbands’ medical issues, unpaid taxes, bad investments and deadbeat ways.
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Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
Others may even cheer the hard line against supposedly deadbeat allies who in this view have taken advantage of American friendship for too long.
—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2024
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“Deadbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadbeat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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