| 单词 | easy mark |
| 例句 | I thought he would be an easy mark, being stiff, paralyzed, but of course the agony was mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The three companions now left the hill-top, where they might be an easy mark against the pale sky, and they walked slowly down the northward slope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She wasn’t pretty—not nearly as attractive as Bernice—but she had been an easy mark for dozens of men who bought her something pretty, or paid her way to the movies. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In all that open space, she is the sole upright creature, an easy mark. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In all of my previous examples of bad writing I picked on easy marks: deadline-pressured journalists, stuffy academics, corporate hacks, the occasional inexperienced student. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He's been an easy mark for the asinine arguments of hucksters and climate deniers. Disaster president: Why is Trump acting like the mayor from Jaws? 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z When money is tight, he'll score a few hundred by pitting his '71 Plymouth Duster against easy marks in drag races. New page-turners heat up our summer reading: "Blacktop Wasteland," "The Only Good Indians" and more 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z People as desperate as these are easy marks for snake-oil peddlers, mad men and predators of every stripe. | 'The Optimists': Best of All Possible Worlds: When Life Gives You Mud, Take a Mud Bath 2011-07-27T22:21:43Z Those who for physical or mental reasons are unable to speak are easy marks. Chilling ‘I Can See in the Dark’ brings adults’ real nightmares to life Mormons, with their reputation for wholesomeness and non-mainstream religious beliefs, are easy marks. 'Book of Mormon': an outrageous, but good-natured, trip from Utah to Africa | Theater review 2013-01-11T07:31:05Z He thinks the guy’s hipster hat pegs him as an easy mark and he isn’t wrong. 'Justified' Recap: Misdirection Every Which Way 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The show has a con man’s view of human nature: People are easy marks, because they’re greedy and willing to take shortcuts. Review: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Quirky and Absorbing in Season Opener 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Gerry, with his creased face, his tentative manner and his wobbly chin, seems like an easy mark. Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’ Keeps Its Cards Close 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Hornets eat a variety of insects, but beehives are easy marks. The Murder Hornet Hunters of Paris 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Jimmy lacked respect for his father’s kindly nature, which made him an easy mark for lowlifes and con men. When Cain Makes Abel: “Better Call Saul” third season explore how family can make a good man go bad 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z There, the troubled young women who come for help make easy marks for his sexual advances. With ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen tackles the Web, mothers, the truth 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Parents and teachers are easy marks for "brain gyms", "brain-compatible education" and "brain-based parenting", not to mention dozens of other techniques. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z Her tendency to burn brightly and her lifelong eagerness to please has sometimes made her an easy mark, she knows now. Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Intruding into every facet of indigent life, Mr. Mendoza’s swooping, hand-held camera hunts for lost dentures and unguarded wallets, hard drugs and easy marks. | 'Tirador': A Hurricane of Misery 2010-07-22T23:22:00Z With his fondness for getting high, Trevor is an easy mark for a drug industry determined to pump OxyContin into the veins of as many people as possible. Review | Ocean Vuong’s ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ is permanently stunning 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Parents and teachers are easy marks for “brain gyms,” “brain-compatible education,” and “brain-based parenting,” not to mention dozens of other unsubstantiated techniques. Pop neuroscience is bunk! 2013-06-08T15:30:00Z The answer, on its face, will not surprise you: we are a nation of easy marks. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He was an easy mark, and Hitchcock played him like a fiddle. “Marnie” Is the Cure for Hitchcock Mania 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Even here, however, Jimmy falls back on his con man skill of persuasion, sharpened by years of seeing easy marks at a distance and taking advantage his target's weaknesses. The "Better Call Saul" point of no return: Jimmy McGill is dead, and Saul Goodman rises 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Tableware salesmen must have scratched a symbol on the door that means “easy mark,” like a hobo sign. Restaurant Review: Gabriel Kreuther in Midtown 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The lineup includes the premiere of “Night Crawlers,” a spoof on “In the Night,” Jerome Robbins’s collection of rapturous love duets set to Chopin — an easy mark for the Trocks. All the Ways to Fall for Dance Again Onstage and Beyond 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Zimmerman spots an easy mark, a rube he can squeeze for book advance money while teasing ridiculous promises like luring Warren Beatty away from Paramount. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 3: The Mike Yanagita Effect 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z It appears that Trump is an "equal opportunity disparager," doesn't care about anyone else and is probably disdainful of his base for their being such easy marks for whatever he wants to do. Don't look away: It's a mistake to ignore Donald Trump's interview with Tucker Carlson 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Spacey was an easy mark for men who hopped on a “bandwagon” and fabricated stories in hopes of a payout, attorney Patrick Gibbs said. Kevin Spacey’s lawyer says three of the actor’s sexual assault accusers are ‘liars’ 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Yet they are often, in practice, easy marks for grifters and con men. Biden vs. the Bad News Bros | Paul Krugman 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Once these guys get caught in the misogynist online underworld, they also become easy marks for white supremacists and other neo-Nazi recruiters. Texas mall mass shooter: Don't forget the misogyny 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the agent texted him to say that a job was available — an “easy mark,” the FBI said. He applied to be an assassin at RentAHitman.com, then got arrested, FBI says 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z One executive described a belief inside the network that its adversaries came to see Fox News as an easy mark, willing to hand out settlements to mitigate its PR headaches. Rupert Murdoch settles a lot of lawsuits. Why not Dominion v. Fox News? 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The canvasser “really appealed to progressives. There are a lot of easy marks if you say, ‘Hey, do you support giving fast-food workers a fair wage?’ 'I feel duped': Inside the fast-food industry's push to dismantle a new California labor law 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Or at least the opportunistic one who recognized the easy mark named Daniel Snyder. Perspective | Jim Irsay says he wants to be a leader. He doesn’t act like it. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Once these guys get caught in the misogynist online underworld, they also become easy marks for white supremacists and other neo-Nazi recruiters. Texas mall mass shooter: Don't forget the misogyny 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z He added that the questions this storyline asks are “What will they do with that truth? Will they squash it? Will she be in trouble? Do they think she’s an easy mark?” ‘Left Behind’ author Jenkins banks on power of story for new Christian thriller 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Business groups have said that the service shook down companies for bribes and that corrupt agents, compromised and facing possible prosecution, became easy marks for recruitment by Russia. Zelensky Takes Aim at Hidden Enemy: Ukrainians Aiding Russia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Losing vital documents or bags or falling victim to savvy thieves who spot tourists as easy marks can put a serious damper on your plans and cause headaches even after you return home. How to protect your money while traveling | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z He must be a ringer in charades, an easy mark in Texas hold ’em. What’s Rory McIlroy thinking at the U.S. Open? Just look at him. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z As the Rolling Stone's Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley report, Collins "was deliberately manipulated by Trump administration officials — and a future Supreme Court Justice — who viewed her as an easy mark." Trump officials laugh at how they manipulated "easy mark" Susan Collins into backing Brett Kavanaugh 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “We have great integrity with what we do, but we’re an easy mark.” Psychics and astrologers are huge on Instagram. Now scammers are impersonating them 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Akron has been an easy mark for defenses looking to build up their sack numbers. STAT WATCH: Buffalo’s 11 sacks are most in FBS since 2019 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z I was an easy mark — I arrived at graduate student housing on East 26th Street between First and Second Avenues. ‘Two Frozen Margaritas Later, We Agreed to Do It Again in a Month’ 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z It's hard to feel sorry for the rubes that make up the Fox News audience, because their mean-spirited nature is what makes them such easy marks. Fox News treats its viewers as fools with latest vaccine disinformation campaign 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z They tend to cluster in exposed areas where they’re easy marks for birds and small mammals, or likely to be crunched underfoot by human pedestrians. Perspective | Cicadas are terrible at living in the world they’re emerging into. Just like us. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z This makes us easy marks for people with an anti-democratic agenda, especially when they dress themselves up as champions of individual liberty. Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Unger outlines Trump’s decades-long relationships with Russian criminals and his willingness to abet the laundering of dirty money flowing from Moscow, and explains why Russian intelligence would find him an easy mark. Review | Piling up incriminating information about Trump’s Russian connections 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z A casino owner with an eye for the easy mark and a deck of cards shuffled for a scam, Trump’s birther trick paid off. Perspective | Trump sowed divisions until the bitter end. It may have been his biggest success. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z New York Attorney General Letitia James, who joined a media conference call on the initiative, dubbed Operation Corrupt Collector, offered frank advice to older people who are often seen as easy marks for dubious dialers. Regulators crack down on aggressive, dubious debt collectors 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z New York Attorney General Letitia James, who joined a media conference call on the initiative, dubbed Operation Corrupt Collector, offered frank advice to older people who are often seen as easy marks for dubious dialers. Regulators crack down on aggressive, dubious debt collectors 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z If more people understood their origins, perhaps they would be a little more skeptical when they see these theories being strategically repackaged as political propaganda aimed at a new generation of easy marks. The deep, twisted roots of QAnon: From 1940s sci-fi to 19th-century anti-Masonic agitprop 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Evidently, Sullivan’s freethinking conservatism made him an easy mark for cost-cutters at the liberal publication. Opinion | If cancel culture is scary, you shouldn’t be in the ideas business 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Tourists visiting the city’s vistas like Twin Peaks or the famously windy Lombard Street are easy marks. Why Is a Tech Executive Installing Security Cameras Around San Francisco? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z But he's also seen as an easy mark. On the phone with foreign leaders, Trump is "delusional" and "uninformed": Who'd a thunk it? 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He is an easy mark — a rare black man and immigrant in the shrinking mill city of Campbellton, who trained as a doctor during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For Canadian Doctor, the Virus Came With Stigma 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z So he’s an easy mark for the advisers who tell him to run like an outsider from inside the White House. Opinion | The differences between 1968 and today 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The striking thing about the Englander indictment is his apparent stunning lack of sophistication, which seems to have made him an easy mark for federal investigators. Column: For Councilman Englander, what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z These are very disturbed people who are easy marks for Trump. Dr. Justin Frank on Trump's whistleblower panic: "He is a frightened child" driven by envy and fear 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z He mainly worries about them during calving season, when they like to feast on easy marks. Black vultures are roosting and eating animals alive 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The smart ones are easy marks because their imagination does the work for you. Trading in futures 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The essentials: Desperate, despairing and derelict — such are the easy marks seeking divine intervention in Brian Friel’s 1979 masterpiece about a morally conflicted, alcoholic faith healer scavenging the seedier outskirts of the United Kingdom. 'Steel Magnolias,' ‘Argonautika,’ 'Elephant Man' and more at L.A. theaters 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The two meet at a support group, and sensing an easy mark in Calvin, Skye ropes him in as her partner-in-bucket-list. Reviews: Danish comedy ‘St. Bernard Syndicate,’ French disaster flick ‘A Breath Away’ and more 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z "I felt he thought I was an easy mark to get some money," Pastor Larry James of the South End Presbyterian Church told Fox 46. Charlotte pastor says he prayed with knife-wielding attacker before suffering cuts to face 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Aware that Yankee buyers in Europe were being treated as easy marks, Forbes saw that, if he was to avoid being swindled, he needed to educate himself in the material construction of Old Master paintings. Treasures from the Color Archive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z These suits inspire confidence … men to think that the wearer is an easy mark. Opinion | What the well-dressed Manafort is wearing 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “As a result, they only want to deal with Trump, who has proved so far to be an easy mark.” There’s Trump’s Foreign Policy and Then There’s His Administration’s 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The actors want to play real people, but what chance do they have when they’re presented like silhouettes in a shooting gallery—easy marks—and with all those accusing fingers pointing at them like guns? The Soullessness of “Straight White Men” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Most important, Europeans need to ensure that their tensions with the American president don’t turn them into easy marks for Beijing. A Deal for Trump and Juncker 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z This makes her an easy mark for industry to shape and control. Opinion | Why do Republicans hate consumers? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Research indicates that the public is drastically misinformed about the nature of immigration in the 21st century, making many Americans easy marks for Trump's propaganda. Public’s false view of immigrants is shaped by Trump propaganda: Time to fight back with some t... 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Stephano’s lines sound as though they were written for an old New York schemer poking into dives for easy marks. 'The Tempest' at the Old Globe: Kate Burton casts a benevolent spell as Prospera 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z We are easy marks for faux Nigerian princes now, when chaos rules, the American identity wobbles, and technology is transforming our lives in awe-inspiring and awful ways. Opinion | Grifters Gone Wild 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Those who were ordered out of the country years ago are especially easy marks for an agency with limited resources for enforcement — especially if they walk straight into an immigration office. A Marriage Used to Prevent Deportation. Not Anymore. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z To post an ad on Fiverr was to announce one’s status as an easy mark. How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley | Corey Pein 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Though some specialties now seem quaint — Oh, where have all the boardinghouse thieves gone? — the book demonstrates how our predatory capacity remains unabated, as does our susceptibility to be easy marks: gulls; suckers; saps. Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z His dismal poll numbers — the worst for any president at this early stage of his term — would suggest Trump is an easy mark, his odds of winning a second term exceedingly long. One year in, is Donald Trump's presidency a fluke or a political turning point? 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z He called Mr. Trump a “coward” and an easy mark, urging future terrorists to do their best to “surprise” him. Terrorist Groups Vow Bloodshed over Jerusalem Decision. ISIS? Less So. 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The author of “The Art of the Deal” is a sucker, a patsy, an easy mark. Trump is putty in the hands of world leaders who feed his ego 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The impractical heels spurred the internet to action, with Trump Administration critics seeing an easy mark: Here's Why the Internet Was Briefly Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Economics suggests there is no “right” answer and research shows we’re all easy marks for manipulation. Analysis | Why you tip as much as you do 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Economics suggests there is no "right" answer, and research shows we're all easy marks for manipulation. Why you tip as much as you do 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z According to local community organiser Katie Costanzo, Latino students are more likely to be expelled or suspended, making them easy marks for gang recruiters, who then demand elaborate criminal initiations. MS-13 terrifies Long Island’s Latinos – and prompts a political backlash from Trump 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Now, it’s Mr. O’Reilly who stands accused of showing poor values; of playing the victim, suggesting in a statement that his prominence has made him an easy mark for opportunistic women seeking a payday. Can Bill O’Reilly Keep His Scold’s Perch? 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Wealthy political donors sometimes make easy marks for campaign operatives. The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z We in the press are an easy mark because we’re already held in low esteem. Opinion | These are the American people Trump calls enemies of the American people 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z He spotted his tormentor as an easy mark, much as old fighters did when challenged by young toughs in the travelling boxing booths. Floyd Mayweather can cash in on mismatch with Conor McGregor | Kevin Mitchell 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z We were easy marks for those who felt threatened by our findings. A Scientists’ March on Washington Is a Bad Idea 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The weakened news media is an easy mark for Mr. Trump. The Alt-Majority: How Social Networks Empowered Mass Protests Against Trump 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z But court papers portray Debord, who was married, as a particularly easy mark because of his eagerness for illicit sex. Another Navy officer gets prison time for taking bribes and prostitutes from ‘Fat Leonard’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The fundamental problem is that there are many companies who want to reach the easy marks who read stuff like Brietbart News. How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z He is what fellow inmates call a “herb,” an easy mark for guards to pick on. The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State’s Prisons 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Journalists there are paid as little as $200 a month, sometimes less, and are easy marks for bribery. No justice in Veracruz, as journalist's death is unsolved 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z So I was an easy mark for the fertility docs when I miscarried at 8 weeks. The Misleading Promise of I.V.F. for Women Over 40 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Blaming trade for the loss of manufacturing jobs is an easy mark, and misguided, something like blaming immigration,” Gendron said. The Meaning of Open Trade and Open Borders 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Keillor’s creation has always been an easy mark for jokes; in the popular imagination, the show is a sort of comfort food for the overeducated. What’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ Without Garrison Keillor? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Today, though, paying anything more than zero just means you’re an easy mark. The cheering over Trump’s tax brag is truly chilling 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He is a rare and curious bird, at times prominent as a peacock, but never an easy mark.” Forbes Carlile, Olympic Swimming Coach for Australia, Dies at 95 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Sorry, but I look upon each and every Trump supporter as an easy mark, a shill if you will, for con men everywhere. Never-Trump Confidential 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Is Kansas, to him, just a place for easy marks? The Bizarre History of a Bogus Doctor Who Prescribed Goat Gonads 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The father tried to suggest his son was impressionable, a lost soul, an easy mark for bloodthirsty fanatics selling the fantasy of an Islamic caliphate. An American ISIS cell: The story of 3 U.S. recruits 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z From his perch in the Senate, JFK protested McCarthy’s censure, writing: “His career offers an easy mark to those who wish to destroy the prestige and power of the United States.” Supporting Donald Trump Is the Worst Thing the GOP Could Do 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z This deception is common—and we are easy marks. How GPS Is Messing With Our Minds 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Without being there to defend himself, Trump becomes an easy mark. 5 things to watch for in the GOP debate, even without Donald Trump 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z I think that he could find easy marks anywhere, and he knew that town needed a doctor. The Bizarre History of a Bogus Doctor Who Prescribed Goat Gonads 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Daniel Layug, an enlisted sailor with a weakness for electronic bling, was an easy mark. Epic Navy bribery scandal shows how easy it can be to steal military secrets 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z If someone were going to lose in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s horse carriage deal, pedicab drivers were an easy mark. Pedicab Operators See Loss of Livelihood in de Blasio’s Plan 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The middling, unpredictable, unreliable Washington Wizards have become an easy mark on their home court. Wizards’ inability to win at home among several first-half problems 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Tax refunds are an easy mark for thieves. This Is the Best Way to Protect Against Soaring Tax Refund Fraud 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z I’m an easy mark, being a Kansas City native living in New York. A World Series Crystal Ball With a Spin 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Because another thing that Trump has illustrated is that Jeb Bush is an easy mark, and that he doesn’t even know why. Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, the 9/11 Bullies 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Joe King, one of Severance’s lawyers, said Severance was an “easy mark” for investigators because he matched the “general profile” of someone they were looking for. A killer who ‘terrorized the community’ or an unfairly accused man? 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z That makes such couriers easy marks for robbery. California Editorial Roundup 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z These victims can become easy marks for con artists and unscrupulous family members. Protecting dementia sufferers from scammers gains ground in U.S. 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z But he suspects the jihadi recruiters saw in his son an easy mark — a kid from a broken home struggling with life and looking for a new direction. For one Dutchman, life morphed from discos to jihad 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z This view is even more prevalent among employees of foreign companies, which are viewed as easy marks. Fighting The China Compliance War Against Your Own Employees 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Again, the key is not to be an easy mark. How to Spot a Pickpocket 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z He’s also an easy mark for mischief-making Democrats, who are now enjoying the advantage Republicans did for years: It’s easier to stop things from happening than to make them happen. Reid takes the stage in the DHS fiasco 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z But taken together, the records depict two wartime commanders who were easy marks for the flattery of an exuberant socialite. In e-mails, glimpses of a striving Tampa socialite and smitten military brass at U.S. Central Command 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z "Inherent Vice" — Obviously, I'm also an easy mark for a glorious mess. The AP's top 10 movies of the year 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Perez called Cain an easy mark because he gets irritated so easily. World Series 2014: Royals’ Perez Earns Respect for Play and Fragrances 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Steve Baker, the Midwest regional director for the Federal Trade Commission, warned during the news conference that the nation is rife with consumer fraud schemes perpetrated by scammers looking for easy marks. Indiana AG proposes home contractor registry 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Facing a smaller-conference team in just its fourth season as a program should be an easy mark for Arizona, especially since the Wildcats rolled in the first meeting between the teams last season. Arizona football faces test at Texas-San Antonio 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z They took you for the kind of easy marks they have back home? Europe calls out corporate tax schemes our politicians won’t 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Consultants of all kinds are easy marks, of course, whether they are from well-known global firms or one-person shops. Innovation Overload: Why Saying "Creativity" Is Not Enough 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z That’s because Goudey never issued one; betting, correctly, that kids, like easy marks at casino slot machines, would keep spending their money in a futile quest. How The Biggest Baseball Card Scam In History Could Cost You $30,000 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He was a tempting and easy mark; they lost no time, although their first night together would have lasted longer if the whole family hadn’t spent so much time singing at the table. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z Without access to financially and psychologically sophisticated advice, winners quickly find themselves easy marks for every kind of manipulation and often take refuge in preexisting addictions, which are compounded by seemingly inexhaustible wealth. Lottery Winner Jack Whittaker's Losing Ticket 2012-12-13T21:29:36Z A thoroughly mediocre performance made the Wildcats an easy mark for North Carolina, which won Friday’s semifinal 11-4 at Villanova Stadium. NU routed by lacrosse semifinals 2013-05-24T23:04:00Z His tin ear to the modern universe and his lack of magnetism made him an easy mark, but they also acted as distractions from his efforts within the church hierarchy. Pope’s abdication may be simply the act of a conscientious manager 2013-02-11T20:33:29Z Police say her beauty background made her an easy mark to identify. Give Miss Congeniality the Miss Conduct award, too 2013-01-09T09:31:06Z During the presidential campaign, Romney tried to moderate his position on immigration, but the damage may have been done as his stance was an easy mark for Obama. Republicans engage in soul-searching after Romney defeat 2012-11-07T21:37:58Z The clemency petition filed by Williams’ attorneys describes his childhood as wrought with “abuse, neglect and deprivation,” which “made him an easy mark for sexual predators.” Terry Williams: A victim might be executed 2012-09-22T11:00:00Z “Selecting people based on race or ethnicity was a way of finding easy marks,” she said. Racial Profiling at Boston Airport, Officials Say 2012-08-12T00:28:37Z So, if the banks weren't busy finding easy marks to lend money to, then awarding themselves huge bonuses for their cleverness in doing so, what would their function be? Yes, banking's a mess, but be part of the solution. Move your money! 2012-07-13T19:30:01Z The German cruisers had a fair and easy mark. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z "An' this yere is what we takes for an easy mark!" he exclaimed. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z They are restless little creatures, always on the move, and never at any time an easy mark to hit. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The Founding Fathers knew their fellow colonials were easy marks, and today 43 states and the District of Columbia follow the tradition of fleecing their citizens. Mega Millions Mania! Why You Should Go Ahead and Buy That Lottery Ticket 2012-03-30T16:35:39Z He lied to him, took advantage of an old man who was trustful an' an easy mark. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Mr. Cornelius explained that the Lincoln family was an easy mark at the time. Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax 2012-02-11T19:31:35Z “You would have been an easy mark for their poisoned arrows.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z He expected to see two flashes from the window, since Mr. Webster and Mr. Oliver had now an easy mark, but they did not fire. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Her penitent mood makes her an easy mark. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z “You always were the easy mark for every one,” Ruth said scornfully, tossing her head. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z They fell by hundreds before the swords of the mailed men in the breach, for their felt caps and unarmoured bodies were easy marks for the ponderous weapons of the fifteenth century. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z They became, however, in this manner an easy mark for the party inside. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The natives had furnished themselves with torches made from the branches of resinous trees, and in the ruddy flare the painted bodies of the warriors made an easy mark. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z National Democrats who may be be tempted to see Christie as an easy mark would do well to consider the experience of their New Jersey counterparts in 2009. The perils of underestimating Christie 2011-09-30T12:30:00Z I don't suppose there ever was yet a sure-thing game rigged up that didn't get its quota of nibblers, and even its occasional easy marks, who'd go up against it with their whole rolls. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z My old jeweler on Union Square got another 73 thousand, and I—well, I refused everything, and Avery called me a numb-skull and an easy mark! Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z “They will wait for the moon to set, or they would be an easy mark for our bullets.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z After three weeks of facing easy marks such as Prairie View A&M and Seattle U., the Huskies face a steep competitive upgrade this weekend. Washington begins Pac-12 volleyball season against USC, UCLA 2011-09-15T23:53:04Z But they were an easy mark, and once again both guns riddled their ranks. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z He isn't going to be the dead easy mark I hoped to find in the son of the old bankrupt hair-splitter, Genie, girl. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z "I may not prove quite the easy mark that your plan seems to prefigure, Mr. Dunham," he returned at length, trying to say it calmly. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z You would be an easy mark for any one hiding in the forecastle; and they may think that, if they once got you out of the way, they could do anything they pleased.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The scandals look the same now as they did then: academic fraud, cheating coaches, corner-cutting recruiters, athletes devising schemes to get paid and agents hanging around preying on easy marks. UNC boss says football scandal ?chipping away? at reputation; drilling is more like it. 2011-07-29T00:11:49Z You picked him for an easy mark, a good thing. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z You guessed wrong when you picked Watson for an easy mark,” chuckled Longback. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z If you are really the easy mark you are trying to tell me you are, you have no business running a bank. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z They would be an easy mark for our rifles, and they know we have several and can use them. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The beast was an easy mark, and the Western girl dropped on one knee, thus steadying her aim, for the rifle was heavy. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z I want him to regard me as a soft proposition and an easy mark because some day I am going to leave a chunk of bait lying around where that old coyote can see it. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z They greeted him kindly, then, with the rough good-nature you read so much about, and as Bowles loosened up they saw he was an easy mark. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z He shouted as he ran, hoping thereby to frighten the wildcat and force it to climb a tree, when it would be an easy mark for his rifle. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The predominance of green in its plumage is another easy mark of distinction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z If you’re looking for easy marks, demographics are on your side. Crooks Get Ideal Conditions for Market Schemes: Susan Antilla 2011-02-18T00:10:14Z My size and the plaster over my eye make me an easy mark for capture. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z He could not drive a bargain, and he was an easy mark for any man who could. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z None of the opponents Notre Dame has faced away from home can be considered easy marks. Marquette routs No. 9 Notre Dame 2011-01-11T04:20:00Z They are easy marks, quiescent, often under educated, tailor-made for exploitation. Counterfeit populism and its real cost 2010-11-19T13:50:00Z Beneath a gloss of social pleasantries, she seemed slow and overly eager to please—an easy mark, in other words, for a con. My Turn: Teresa Lewis Doesn't Deserve to Die 2010-08-27T22:00:00Z No wonder the Chinese find us such easy marks as dopey debtors. Studying Acupuncture, One Needle Prick at a Time 2010-08-23T21:37:00Z What I've noticed on online dating sites today," Brown says in response to Dunn's study, "is that younger men are coming on to me, and it's not just because we're 'easy marks' for sex. Study Claims Cougars Don't Exist -- and Cougars Beg to Differ 2010-08-19T08:30:00Z As the sound of the fake bomb echoed off the canyon walls, the men stood around in a daze — easy marks for a Taliban sniper. Will Afghanistan's Military Ever Be Fit to Fight? 2010-06-09T21:00:00Z Uneducated, unemployed tribal youths, angry at the American presence in the region and at the increase in U.S. drone-missile attacks on suspected terrorists, are easy marks for Taliban propaganda. The Taliban's Own Surge 2010-04-24T01:44:00Z You are just an easy mark as a partisan nut case, and a cure for boredom. 2010-01-26T00:40:00Z Huddled together, in their confusion they presented an easy mark to the enemy, who shot at random, knowing that every missile would carry its errand of death. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies I'll have to admit that Carl is an easy mark with the fair sex, but he's all there when it comes to fighting. The Trail of Conflict It was an easy mark for the sneers of the crowd. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Didn’t I say that Weegman was an egotistical dub, and an easy mark? Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Watch for him at the shallow places, where he will prove an easy mark. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The English vanguard fell back, the supports crowded up, the redcoated soldiers stood in close formation, an easy mark for the invisible foe. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical A pursuit by canoes, in which each Indian would offer an easy mark, was not to be thought of. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 I offered to settle handsomely then, but like all these women, they think because I'm rich I am an easy mark. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life I know—I know what you're going to say, Dicky; you think we were a bunch of easy marks, that's what you think. The Haunted Pajamas It is necessary to give names to the principal shapes, and to define them rather precisely, since they afford easy marks for distinguishing species. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The efforts of classic empiricism at the reform of logic have long been an easy mark for idealistic reformers. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The clear light green color of the lower end of the leaf-stem is an easy mark to distinguish this plant from another broad-leaved plantain, P. Rugelii in which the base of leaf is red. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 “Nothing but easy marks,” replied Mr. Daw with a grin. Young Wallingford The tsar, the king of Prussia, Schwarzenberg and a very large headquarter staff watched the fighting from a hill near R�cknitz and offered an easy mark to the French guns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Any entity that has atomic weapons is going to be no easy mark, and the gentry have guns. The Buttoned Sky You see," said Coach Murray, "it's like this: if a fellow runs straight ahead with the ball he makes a clear target for the tackler—in other words he's an 'easy mark.' The Mark of the Knife And once out of the shadow of the trees the light on the water would make him an easy mark. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga You may think you can fool me, but I’ve been in these parts too long to be an easy mark. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass And can you blame them for playing us for easy marks? Our Next-Door Neighbors An easy mark for the enemy, if he chose to take the opportunity. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The time of bloom is an easy mark of distinction between several species of grapes and helps to distinguish varieties in a species as well. Manual of American Grape-Growing Lying there within the circle of light cast by the flames he would be an easy mark for any enemy. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga A leaping mountain goat is not an easy mark even for the best shot, and the fat boy, while shooting very well, could hardly be called an expert. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass We been a good thing, all right––easy marks.” Rim o' the World The most recent instance of the easy marks is reported from Coffee county, but it is in line with what has been happening in other counties. Negro Migration during the War He had heard something of the ways of confidence men, and was determined not to be taken for an easy mark. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Like as not if we chose to follow, we’d find Mr. Stag wallowing in the deepest kind of snow, and making an easy mark.” The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Presently a shot extinguished the light within; and it was no longer an easy mark to see. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill “The Lorrigans have been called plenty of things, fur back as I can remember, but by the humpin’ hyenas, they never was called easy marks before!” Rim o' the World Leave that bush to Fabian, it will be an easy mark for him; fire at the branches whose leaves are beginning to wither—there is an Indian behind them. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Right; we shall be easy marks for the brutes. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills But Bet was not such an easy mark as Kit imagined. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure The enthusiast, the fanatic and the “easy mark” of to-day are seldom aware of any of these things, and so they are bled, fleeced, and exploited accordingly. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology The bear, with his nose in the kettle of syrup, had not even heard Mr. Carew’s approach, and had been an easy mark. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga I thought when I wrote that it might take a year—but they are easy marks in this State. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts You must certainly think I'm an easy mark if you think I'll go into a trap you set as openly as that! The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods But this man was running the gauntlet of a heavy fire close enough to be an easy mark. The Fighting Edge "Oh, you are an easy mark," Douglas replied. The Unknown Wrestler The eagle had been sick a week and seemed an easy mark. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan The Indians declare that he is fascinated by the light; and though he may walk round and round it, he will not leave the spot, and thus presents an easy mark to the hunter’s rifle. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America "Being such an easy mark, for one thing," Shari said. Card Trick One venturing to cross this would be an easy mark for sharpshooters from the camp. The Fighting Edge "Still, it would be rash to expect such a return every time a tramp spaceship lands to swap with some aboriginal easy marks." A Transmutation of Muddles This made them an easy mark for the soldiers, who fired on them from the fort. Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Then her fears vanished and she strolled a few paces from the trees and stood, an easy mark for George when he appeared. Moor Fires Nature has given the grouse tribe large, palatable bodies and characteristics which render them easy marks for the hunter, with only zest enough to the quest to make these birds what sportsmen call "good game." Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State "Are you going to be an easy mark?" asked Herbert scornfully. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale Taft was an "easy mark" in those times, a shining hope to all the indigent models, discouraged painters and other esthetic derelicts of the Columbian Exposition. A Daughter of the Middle Border He could only stare, fascinated, an easy mark for the hunter behind the jack-light. Followers of the Trail Men were precious then, and Porter would not let one expose himself unnecessarily; but he himself, from his prominent post of observation, was an easy mark, and a Picaroon's bullet soon lodged in his shoulder. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Every one complimented Lub on his feat, and begged him to keep up the good work, which he readily agreed to do, never once appearing to realize that he was proving an "easy mark." Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge "I'll call him an easy mark, whatever his name is," said the landlord, grinning at his own attempt at wit. Mary Louise in the Country Those in front defended themselves with bayonet and clubbed muskets, those behind poured their fire into the Arabs, who, being raised above their comrades' heads, offered an easy mark. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt Every breed has its own outlandish costume with a large range of startling colors in robes, turbans and slippers, but their shanks are bare, thin and brick red, an easy mark for flies. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel Crawford shot five Austrians, who were patrolling their own wire, and who, when challenged, with fatal stupidity, halted and stood outlined against the skyline, an easy mark. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Took me for an easy mark, didn't you, but if I am a little crooked about the pins, that doesn't mean I'm not on to a few games. Chums of the Camp Fire "I reckon they will have a heap to say about it; and Abajo, after this, won't take us for easy marks, will he?" The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave But the electronic bomb it dropped into the city was an easy mark for Tarrano's watchful defense rays. Tarrano the Conqueror Better that they should attack us here than out in the open, where we should be easy marks for their arrows.” Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea No one accused him of looking like an "easy mark" or "a soft thing." The Eagle's Heart In the town he might be neglected, despised, picked for an easy mark, but here among his own people he was a ruler and leader by birth. The Blood of the Conquerors Just what you've done," says I. "He picks out an easy mark. Torchy As A Pa In such places in all foreign ports the American sailor is the easy mark. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box His portly figure in scarlet uniform was easy mark for the sharpshooters hidden in the brush of Queenston Heights. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom This is some rich guy that thinks any girl that works for her living is an easy mark. Quin Then we are strangers in this part of the country, and they have seen us and have us sized up for a lot of boys, and, therefore, easy marks for them. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur An easy mark it fell severed to the ground, the blood spouting its powerful streams from the arteries as from a pump. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 She seemed to be such an easy mark. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Fish were in plenty, wild fowl offered easy mark, and in springtime the ice floes brought down the seal herds. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom My friend and I went down the street of the broken and deserted village, which, from its position on the hill, was an easy mark for shell fire. The Great War As I Saw It "That son-of-a-gun has played me for an easy mark for years," said Sandy. Bob Hunt in Canada Thus passing carelessly at the side that fat paunch was an easy mark. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 Those black tents below there would be an easy mark to aim at; but who would gain? The Lion of Petra You see, she thought you an easy mark. Lady Larkspur In the great convoys ships were often hidden by great masses of smoke to prevent a submarine from finding an easy mark. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The subject is an easy mark for a convivial companion. The Substitute Prisoner These, crowded together in their efforts to escape, offered an easy mark for the gunners, whose shot tore through their sides, smashing and sinking them in all directions. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire We shall be a pretty easy mark, on that white road by moonlight. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib Well, as I was saying," Emmet resumed, "I wasn't an easy mark for women. The Mayor of Warwick London, practically unarmed, seemed to them an easy mark. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War An easy mark wedged between two other cars couldn't be removed with ease. The Fourth R As our American boys are the best paid, and perhaps the most generous and open-hearted and reckless of all the troops, they have proved an easy mark in Paris and the port cities. With Our Soldiers in France The officers of the precinct looked upon the religious leaders as "easy marks"—every one of them. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine "I have heard of such easy marks, but I never expected to see them in flesh and blood," exclaimed the officer, when Bob stopped speaking. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches This neutrality business makes us an easy mark. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Bunched together in twos and threes, the enemy offered an easy mark, and with a callousness born of long privations we dropped at least fifteen or twenty men in very few minutes. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation A galloping horse, with its rider, does not offer an easy mark; fifteen of them, the objective of twenty rifles, form a better target. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue There is something in human nature which makes us an easy mark for any pretentious thing that comes down the pike with banners flying. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues The Boer prisoners say the Gordon kilts made them easy marks. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege In the vernacular, he was "an easy mark." The Ridin' Kid from Powder River That caused a terrible commotion, for cavalry are an easy mark. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation "You're an easy mark," he observed in accents of deep pity. The Day of Days An Extravaganza He was so set up by the attentions of Mott that he was an easy mark. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College And I guess I'm the original easy mark when it comes to horse. A Hoosier Chronicle "Picked easy marks, did they?" asked the puncher sardonically. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West You've just gone crazy on the subject of flying, and that Bland Halliday is just working you, Johnny, for an easy mark. The Thunder Bird He was quiet and uncomplaining, and the "easy mark" for all the rest. African Camp Fires This reminded 'em they had to have a program of entertainment; so they got me on the committee with the other Mes-dames to think up things, me always being an easy mark. Somewhere in Red Gap A man moving as Patches moved is not an easy mark. When A Man's A Man "You're sure an easy mark, Buck," grunted a large fat man leaning against a wheel. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Since that day I have been an easy mark for beggars if they could but manage to look starved. Helmet of Navarre A charging tiger coming full speed at you is not an easy mark. The Jungle Girl For instance, the man who writes with a free, flowing, rounded hand and leaves roomy spaces everywhere between words and figures becomes an easy mark for a forger. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds He was an easy mark for a designing woman. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Not an easy mark to hit in the night and the storm driving. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 It did seem a very easy mark, and it was disappointing to have the arrows fly some feet away to the left. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned He was an easy mark, for he towered above the rest, and, being slender, he seemed to worm his way quickly from place to place. Vanguards of the Plains But it, too, became an easy mark for the chemists who had gone wrong. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds He cared not enough for money, as his too often suffering wife averred, and his heart, always on his sleeve, he was an easy mark for the designing. Promenades of an Impressionist Of all the easy marks I ever encountered," muttered Mr. Marshall, "this young Forbes is the easiest. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work "Maybe he's given us up as hopeless easy marks," Cub suggested. The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands So I'm going to give up my homestead—if I can find some easy mark to buy out my relinquishment. Starr, of the Desert But his great size made him an easy mark. Hero Tales of the Far North I've got an idea I'd like to tell him; it is too good a joke to keep, and this fellow has certainly been an easy mark. The Case and the Girl "Sheriff, you certainly are an easy mark!" returned Nueces, in great disgust. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On A defeat for either meant murderous slaughter; for whereas the trained Indian fighters fought or fled each for himself, the ordinary troops huddled together in a mass, an easy mark for their savage foes. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 I've heard Sawyer Flint was an easy mark if you know how to work him. The Blood Red Dawn It advanced slowly, a little hesitatingly at first, as if doubtful of what might happen; and then it stopped, full in the light, an easy mark for a rifle aimed from Sokwenna's cabin. The Alaskan Her sex, which should have been her shield and buckler, had made her an easy mark for the villainy of a black brute. The Marrow of Tradition Why, Harris, I never dreamed you were such an easy mark! Frank Merriwell at Yale Talk about the gentle Rube being an easy mark! Danny's Own Story At normal times we would have been easy marks, but, fortunately, wisps and streamers of mist now clung about that hollow. Greenmantle I, thrusting at the stern of the boat, could only hope it would pass me by and so offered an easy mark. The Lost Continent Moreover, it was an easy mark he had before him now. Till the Clock Stops I saw that I would be an easy mark for such people unless I brace up and try to come up, or down, to their level. Botchan (Master Darling) She had a mania for economy and close bargains, seemed to regard her husband as an easy mark for swindlers and to be certain that he had been cheated when he bought me. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Moreover it is always easier to blackmail a woman than a man, and Price Ruyler could not have looked an easy mark to the most optimistic of social brigands. The Avalanche They would say he had made a fool of himself; he had been an easy mark for a little outsider. We Can't Have Everything All the way home he reflected dismally upon his lack of business foresight, and strove to plan ways to get money "out'n thet easy mark." Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Gee, it looks to me as though pa has been engaged to act as the easy mark in this show. Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus Their galley was unprovided with the defences which protected the sides of the Spanish vessels; and the troops, huddled together on their lofty prow, presented an easy mark to their enemies' balls. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 I tell you, honestly, Dan, there's a feeling that he is working you and the family for easy marks. Cap'n Dan's Daughter He was an easy mark as he lay there, but Tom refrained from firing again. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs They are easy marks,—the joy of the pot-hunter and the delight of the duffer "sportsman." The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Gee, but I must be an easy mark. Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus White has also an infinitesimal weakness on the King's side, the Rook's pawn having advanced two squares and being therefore an easy mark. Chess Strategy But Will had none of the respect for titles acquired by marriage that made most men an easy mark for her. The Ivory Trail How we raked them as they sped across the open, an easy mark! Allan and the Holy Flower "If he does not wish to go so far as to slay his own son, he has yet an easy mark in me," Alwin murmured, his eyes following the motions like snake-charmed birds. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days "If a man's fool enough to be an easy mark—" began Willett. The Intrusion of Jimmy They were an easy mark, for they stood solidly, shoulder to shoulder, their scarlet coats showing clearly against the green background. This Country of Ours But he was no easy mark, no mere degenerate who hacked off great chunks of a splendid fortune for the sake of violent exercise. Who Cares? a story of adolescence I flattened myself against a wall in the shadow of a doorway lest he should see me, for my height made me an easy mark in that crowd. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Barney Palmer picked you out as the victim—you didn't know you were being picked out—because he said that you were an easy mark. Children of the Whirlwind The castle was full of young men of the kind to whom he most resorted, easy marks every one; and here he was, simply through Jimmy, careened like a disabled battleship. The Intrusion of Jimmy Once, when I was an underpaid reporter in Virginia City, whenever I wished to play billiards I went out to look for an easy mark. Mark Twain's Speeches Spain was an easy mark for those who wished to arouse the warlike spirit. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars What kind of an easy mark do you think I am? The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River A fast-running dog is not an easy mark for a bullet—especially if the dog be a collie, with a trace of wolf—ancestry in his gait. Bruce The thought entered his mind, as it had so often, that the world was full of easy marks. Something New It was no easy mark to strike, for the moment the rope shot out from the hand of Gus, the wolf-dog whirled in his tracks and darted straight for the scene of action. The Seventh Man I avoid reporters on principle, having learned long ago that I am an easy mark for a clever interviewer. The Man in Lower Ten Folks call me an easy mark, and I guess myself I am easy up to a certain point, and cuttin' my wood is one of them points. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories Whether they do or not, their profession of Christianity makes them an easy mark for the greedy and envious. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening |
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