How to Use gold digger in a Sentence

gold digger

noun
  • He has been called a pervert; I have been called a gold digger.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Go ahead and call Maury Povich a gold digger.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Others have argued that the gold digger label was off in the first place.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The gold digger motif also spiced up her world-building.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Critics on social media have branded him a gold digger or a grifter.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The committee attempts to weed out any gold diggers or fame seekers.
    — Rachel George, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Public opinion was virulently against her; she was called a liar and a gold digger.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2016
  • However, my friends and family will no doubt label me a gold digger.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the women are gold diggers or interested only in hookups.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • Many people see them as gold diggers, trading off their beauty — and perhaps more — for profit.
    — Emma Bubola, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The defense has long suggested that many of the accusers were gold diggers seeking money or fame.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Critics and the press often call her a gold digger who only married Cobain for fame and money.
    — Lisawhill, Longreads, 9 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lilyan Tashman and Kay Francis as a pair of gold diggers in 1931.
    — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Giudice has accused Gorga of being a cheater and a gold digger, both of which Gorga denies.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • Twitter seems to be enthusiastic about calling her either a gold digger or a prostitute.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2019
  • 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
  • When [my husband] Todd and I got together, the ‘gold digger’ commentary started.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • To Robin Wright’s multimillionaire gallery owner Laura, her son’s new girlfriend is a sleazy opportunist, a gold digger who lies about her academic and professional credentials and goads Laura by going down on Daniel (Laurie Davidson) in Laura’s house with the door open.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The new Prime Video miniseries The Girlfriend is about Laura, a well-to-do American expat living in London whose maternal instincts come out when her young-adult son Daniel starts dating Cherry, a working-class woman who’s clearly a gold digger, and possibly dangerous beyond that.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025

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