Sentence examples for To chump from inspiring English sources

A hefty mortgage payment would soon turn to chump change while the house's value doubled or tripled.

Poor guy, he didn't receive his usual multi-million-dollar stock award last year, and his option grant was cut to chump change: $4 million.

Should this add up to chump change?

There are numerous fintech startups ready to cater to millennials at any stage, from venture capital to chump change.

And realpolitik dictates that empires cannot allow their satellite nations to chump them out.

From make-shift recording studios to chump change performances, this smooth vocal machine was branding his sound anywhere.

On July 17th, at 6PM BST, the beta preview for the world's most expensive videogame, Destiny, launched on PlayStation 3 and 4. Access was granted to those who pre-ordered the game, at retail on September 9th, and to chumps from the press – oh, hi.

That bailout turned out to be chump change when compared to what Bernanke was throwing around.

Someone with a better grasp of biochemistry is going to have to suss this one out, but it's interesting even to a chump like me.

Why would I? From what I'm hearing, the spectacle was little more than Adele blubbering, Nicki Minaj wearing a silly outfit, good guy Dave Grohl maybe sticking it to that chump Skrillex, and then Paul McCartney strutting out the obligatory closer as subtle nod to this year's dead pop icon, which happened to be Whitney Houston.

Mr. Glodell's enthusiasm and ability to turn chump change into cinema, as well as the excitement he generated at Sundance and afterward, bring to mind Robert Rodriguez's arrival at Sundance in 1993 with his debut feature, "El Mariachi".