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.
  • Paraguay won’t be a pushover, though.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • This doesn't mean being a pushover.
    — Vipin Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But at the same time, nobody's pushover.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Be polite, but don’t be a pushover.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
  • Be polite, but don’t be a pushover.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Villa have hit form at the right time and will be no pushovers.
    — Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Redhawks will be no pushover.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Bobcats won’t be a pushover.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That said, Truman was no pushover.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But all that fruit made these trees top heavy -- pushovers for Irma.
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • But why are people being such pushovers?
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Neither is a pushover, but those games should still result in wins.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Tough talk, and evidence that Mitchell was not a pushover.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The Rockets will be no pushover, either.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Don’t confuse embracing the idea of win-win with being a pushover.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Senator Ed Markey is no pushover.
    — Jon Keller, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • This go-with-the-flow mentality doesn’t mean that Hardy is a pushover.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Grand Canyon isn’t a pushover, but the matchup sets up poorly for the Antelopes.
    — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The rebuilding San Diego Padres haven't been pushovers of late.
    — Ap, USA TODAY, 3 June 2017
  • Despite the final score, the Blue Coats were no pushover in the finals.
    — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But the Bears defense is hardly a pushover and has been playing well most of this season.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The Oakland Athletics, who come to town for four games, are not pushovers.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018

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