How to Use pushover in a Sentence

pushover

noun

• The exam was a pushover.
• They thought the first team they played would be a pushover.
• Dad's a pushover. He'll let me do anything I want.
• On the other side of the ball, the 49ers are no pushover.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2022
• Iran, ranked the No. 21 team in the men's game, won't be a pushover, though.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2022
• That’s not to say that No. 4 seed Pueblo is a pushover, though.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• Switzerland, ranked No. 6 in the world, won’t be a pushover.
  — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 16 June 2018
• The prize for that was a place in the weaker half of the draw, but Switzerland is no pushover.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
• As long as Wilson is on the field, the Seahawks are not a pushover.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2021
• Iran is ranked twentieth in the world, and is no pushover.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• Despite the final score, the Blue Coats were no pushover in the finals.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Mar. 2021
• The rebuilding San Diego Padres haven't been pushovers of late.
  — Ap, USA TODAY, 3 June 2017
• Hamels and Darvish are each hitting .107 but are not total pushovers at the plate.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
• A Southern girl isn't a pushover and will kick your &%! if needed.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• But all that fruit made these trees top heavy -- pushovers for Irma.
  — Carter Evans, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2017
• In what may arguably be the best public high school league in the state, no Friday is a pushover.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2020
• The drivable par-4, 350-yard closer has been a pushover this week, even with the Valley of Sin guarding the green.
  — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022
• Neither is a pushover, but those games should still result in wins.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
• If that was the case, then the beat-down bear wouldn’t have wanted to fight and would have been more of a pushover than most Alaska browns.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 July 2023
• Thomas scored his first touchdown since Week 1 — and the Giants secondary isn’t the pushover the Cowboys have been.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• This go-with-the-flow mentality doesn’t mean that Hardy is a pushover.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• The Oakland Athletics, who come to town for four games, are not pushovers.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018
• But with four senior starters and eight of their top nine scorers back, the Ospreys were no pushovers.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Neither will be a pushover, but there's a clear have and have-nots separation in the group.
  — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• With 16 starters back, including nine on defense, the Hoosiers no longer will be a pushover.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2017
• Topping of the group, Slovan Bratislava won't be a pushover, and will provide Wolves a stern test.
  — SI.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• But the Bears defense is hardly a pushover and has been playing well most of this season.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• Not that the Leathernecks, ranked 248th by kenpom, will be pushovers.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2017
• With his refusal to let anything stand in his way, Cohn is the cheat code the obedient pushover son needs to win his father’s approval.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2024
• And no fundraiser who cajoled a bunch of rich folk into parting with $250 million in donations and lived to tell the tale can be described as a pushover.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024