Sentence examples for become a pushover from inspiring English sources

You don't become a pushover just because you sometimes cede to another's view.

Mr. Stockard, the designated cookie-seller, made his pitch, and she smilingly demurred, saying, "I don't eat chocolate". (Mr. Stockard, in a stage whisper: "She really loves chocolate"). But Ms. Massaro quickly became a pushover, buying box after box of whatever he offered.

The nonlinear static procedure (NSP), based on pushover analysis, has become a favourite tool for use in practical applications for building evaluation and design verification.

The nonlinear static procedure, commonly referred to as static pushover analysis (SPA) has become a standard method to estimate seismic deformation demands in structures as well as their local and global capacities (Villaverde 2007).

The Economist charged that the chief was a "pushover" for Wall Street, and The Wall Street Journal opined that the Bernanke Fed had become a "Pavlovian" slave to the market.

Once I became a mom, my previously pushover self started to let people know when I didn't appreciate certain behaviors.

So, why have we all become such pushovers for the feline?

Turn into a pushover trying to please them?

Don't become militant but don't be a pushover.

You should try it sometime -- I bet you get sick of being a pushover.

They won't find you interesting and they'll, in turn, find you to be a pushover and pushovers are always annoying.