How to Use scumbag in a Sentence

scumbag

noun
  • By the way, her friend is a scumbag.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Can’t wait for the files to come out about your scumbag hero.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 19 Jan. 2018
  • What kind of a complete scumbag lowlife piece of garbage does this?
    — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
  • This is a scumbag move and incentivizes me to dump them.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The man is a scumbag named John, and Bilquis is a prostitute.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 1 May 2017
  • We were turned away again and again, like a scumbag retelling of the Biblical magi.
    — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Ninety-nine percent of politicians are scumbags.
    — Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • This evil scumbag is, if not the best, then at least the most memorable new character this season.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 July 2019
  • The definition of a lying, scumbag politician –– that is you.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2026
  • People's ideal politicians aren't honest scumbags who make no bones about their craven scumbaggery.
    — Jack Moore, GQ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Luckily, nobody was hurt outside of the scumbag shooter.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In short, the Cockney flower girl is attracted to everything that her scumbag of a father is not.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Once the province of bikers and sailors and scumbags, tattoos now appear on nearly one-third of all Americans.
    — John Semley, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The scumbags definitely want to gain control of our government for their own purposes.
    — Craig Timberg, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
  • There is almost nobody in America who approves of what the scumbag did in Florida.
    — The Editors, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Pilou Asbæk goes full raging scumbag as the evil Captain Wafner.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Not only are the brother, the friend, and your husband all scumbags, but there is physical proof of the crime(s), and there are probably other victims.
    — Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 8 June 2017
  • Now the internet can stop calling this guy a scumbag and get back to arguing over redistricting practices and the war in Iran.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • John Henry is a generational scumbag.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Bacon is strangely delightful as a standard-issue scumbag antihero, chewing scenery with aplomb.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 June 2019
  • When two detectives came in and called her a scumbag, then the girl's mother followed weeping, Thomas was hesitant to ask the grieving mother questions.
    — Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
  • The scumbag personal injury lawyers, the tips on selling old gold, the constipation remedy ones with those smiling and relieved idiots, etc.
    — The Hive, 11 May 2017
  • From amazing new BFFs to totally evil scumbags, here are our new favorite Marshmallows.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 July 2019
  • They're not being coached by scumbag parents like at ballparks where the dads pawn off their kids to stand along a rail in order for dad to add to HIS collection.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • Josh Safdie cannot resist an unrepentant scumbag protagonist.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The plot might be unbelievable, but watching that scumbag Paolo get embarrassed in front of the entire country is still beyond satisfying.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 28 Sep. 2017
  • There was scumbag opportunist Cory Booker, hugging McCain and acting like this was some kind of heartwarming meeting of the minds.
    — Drew Magary, GQ, 25 July 2017
  • This new scumbag combines the tech-savvyness of Silicon Valley with the moral and ethics of 1980s Wall Street yuppies.
    — Craig Timberg, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But Starlight isn't scared of Homelander anymore, calling him out for killing Supersonic and generally being a complete scumbag.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 1 July 2022
  • The idea that the President's kid is a scumbag is not surprising but this is another definition of political prosecution.
    — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024

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