SCAPEGOAT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SCAPEGOAT, such as:
1. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
2. In the same way Chichikov sought a scapegoat upon whose shoulders he could lay the blame for all that had annoyed him.
2. In the same way Chichikov sought a scapegoat upon whose shoulders he could lay the blame for all that had annoyed him.
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Meanings and Examples of SCAPEGOAT
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scapegoat
n. someone who bears the blame for others
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Example Sentence:
1 The ploy of finding a scapegoat is as old as mankind itself - when things become too difficult at home, divert attention to adventure abroad.
2 Eight years later, after a photoshoot with Erdogan, Turkey's despotic president, and a humiliating World Cup exit, Mr Ozil has become a national scapegoat.
3 I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.