How to Use schlub in a Sentence

schlub

noun

• And for the love of God, stop picking on those poor schlubs at the CBO.
  — Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 9 July 2017
• It's rumpled in the dolce far niente way, not in the I'm-a-schlub manner.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 19 June 2021
• That and the schlubs, like yours truly, who venture in off the street.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 26 July 2017
• The last before that was some schlub named … (checks notes) … Woody Hayes.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
• Ailes is a mean schlub with a big hustle, and his idea of success is settling grudges.
  — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 30 June 2019
• Kevin James has made a career out of playing lovable schlubs.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 7 May 2020
• The rotting remains of some schlub's prediction the Vikings would finish 9-7 and make the playoffs.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
• In the show, he’s played by Ray Romano as more of a tender-hearted schlub than a true-blue curmudgeon.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 4 May 2021
• Here's a few things to know about Miami: These Hurricanes are no schlubs.
  — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2023
• And though not all of them make economic sense for us schlubs at the back, a significant number are likely to be rolled out cabin-wide in the years to come.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2019
• De Niro plays a no-talent schlub and aspiring stand-up who kidnaps a Johnny Carson-like talk show host played by Lewis.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• But there’s almost too much to explain, beginning with the idea that someone like Kat, even in the throes of heartache, would marry a schlub like Charlie without a prenup.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• This film plays more like a working-class fable, the kind where a likable schlub achieves success through grit and determination.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• This schlub look has resonated with the fashion industry.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2021
• Adam Pally stars as a salty schlub who has discovered a big, ratty gym bag that’s actually a time machine.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2017
• The middle-aged schlubs with Titleist dad hats and 24-ounce Coors cans, subtly revealing their tribal affiliation via the dancing bear on their striped polos.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• Two: North American schlub marries Frenchman, becomes expat and learns secrets of life, home décor, child rearing and bras from French fairy godmother.
  — New York Times, 12 June 2018
• Platforms slid in and out from the wings, the sleek modern bedroom of the restless protagonist, Katerina Ismailova, at one side, the cramped office of Zinovy, her drunken schlub of a husband, on the other.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• These days any old schlub can pilot a drone without cratering it, what with good old autopilot tech, but there are drone pilots out there whose abilities push the limits of human cognition.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 June 2018
• Avenatti has emerged as the unlikely voice of the underdog while out-classing a bunch of establishment schlubs with his impeccable style and cool-as-a-cucumber demeanor.
  — Rachel Dodes, Vanities, 17 May 2018
• But Douglas was middle-aged, graying, odd-looking, even a little jowly — by industry standards, practically a schlub.
  — Vulture, 5 Apr. 2022
• Some of these aren't the most gifted of thespians, but any such shortcomings are easily outbalanced by the bulky figure of Valmir do Coco who effortlessly dominates the ensemble as working schlub Tiao.
  — Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2018
• The singer’s eventual image as a chubby, jumpsuit-wearing schlub dependent on various pharmaceuticals to hold a tune is a caricature his manager inadvertently helped create.
  — Vulture, 2 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024