How to Use gold digger in a Sentence

gold digger

noun
  • Lilyan Tashman and Kay Francis as a pair of gold diggers in 1931.
    Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2018
  • He has been accused of being a gold digger, unfit for the princess, too slovenly, too smug, and a rebel who dares to sport a ponytail.
    Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Critics and the press often call her a gold digger who only married Cobain for fame and money.
    Lisawhill, Longreads, 9 July 2019
  • The committee attempts to weed out any gold diggers or fame seekers.
    Rachel George, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Critics on social media have branded him a gold digger or a grifter.
    New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The defense has long suggested that many of the accusers were gold diggers seeking money or fame.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Public opinion was virulently against her; she was called a liar and a gold digger.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2016
  • The track tells the story of a man who decided to part ways with his girlfriend for being a gold digger and leaving him without money.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Barbara is an unapologetic gold digger, who jumps at the chance to sail with a potential rich husband.
    Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Teresa has accused Melissa of being a gold digger and of cheating on her brother, both of which Melissa denies.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Teresa has accused Melissa of being a gold digger and of cheating on her brother, both of which Melissa denies.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Gay Bride: Carole Lombard stars as a sharp-tongued gold digger in this 1934 gangster screwball comedy.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Though Celess reveals her cards as what some would call a gold digger, the women get sucked into bigger problems than just their lavish lifestyle.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022
  • The reports raised questions about Mr. Komuro’s intentions, with some detractors accusing him of being a gold digger.
    Ben Dooley, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Twitter seems to be enthusiastic about calling her either a gold digger or a prostitute.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Seyfried unearths the humanity that’s always eluded Davies, due in large part to Citizen Kane’s thinly veiled depiction of her as a talentless gold digger.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Komuro's mother, involved in an unresolved financial dispute, has been portrayed as a gold digger in tabloids, which have harshly criticized the couple.
    Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Rodolfo immediately dismisses Patrizia as a gold digger, a déclassé social climber who can’t tell a Picasso from a Klimt.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Claiming that a woman is certainly a gold digger reaffirms a worldview pleasing to those who’d like to believe that men are the ones with the real power, and, if a woman ever exerts power, it’s been generously bestowed on her by a man.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2019
  • The public has savagely judged her choice to marry Mr. Komuro, assailing his mother’s finances (and by extension branding him a gold digger) and calling him unfit to be the spouse of an imperial daughter.
    New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The buxom blonde bombshell represented the dynamic range a woman’s identity could span, from the saintly (wife, mother, girl next door) to the sinful (exotic dancer, calculating gold digger, tabloid-courting sensation).
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 May 2023
  • Some church members suspected Lara of being a gold digger, interested in using Shamblin Lara's money to further his country music aspirations.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023

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