How to Use big buck in a Sentence

big buck

noun
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  • Left tackles still draw the draft love and the big bucks.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The next morning, the big buck came but caught Cramer’s scent.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Ahead of the election year, Lurie brought big bucks into the race.
    — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Jan. 2021
  • That is why Mueller gets paid the big bucks by the taxpayers.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 July 2019
  • Clubs pay these players the big bucks to win them games, and that is what Hazard does.
    — SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • CEOs get paid big bucks to follow the rules — their own, and the US government’s.
    — Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • The big bucks, though, will come with broadcasting rights.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2019
  • That priced some people out and forced others to pony up big bucks.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The shattered Koons sculpture may still be worth big bucks.
    — Amanda Rosa Miami Herald (tns), al, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Brown did exactly what the Raiders paid him the big bucks this past spring to provide.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Tired of paying big bucks to take the family to see the local sports teams?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • At issue is whether those athletes who bring in the big bucks should have the right to seek a better deal.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Turns out running a wax museum can help rack in the big bucks.
    — Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
  • There is no trophy hunting vibe, but if a big buck is shot, great.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Parking has a big footprint – and brings big bucksParking takes up a lot of land in cities.
    — Constantine Samaras, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The big buck then stood directly beneath Kevin, looked up, and licked a tree peg.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And Trump didn’t know Cohen was forking over big bucks!
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Today, any business can be small but look big, act big, and make big bucks.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
  • After just 15 minutes in the stand, Doyle saw a big buck get up out of his bed facing away from him.
    — Outdoor Life, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But calling can, and does, work from time to time and if a big buck is just out of range there’s no reason not to give it a shot.
    — Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2020
  • In this video, Todd Masson gives you a quick and easy method to get twice the life out of your braided line, which will save big bucks in the long run.
    — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The third blockbuster bringing in big bucks is Aladdin.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, 28 July 2019
  • Over five years, one big buck was spotted only four times.
    — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Of course, there's hardly a need to shell out the big bucks for every single person on your list.
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Those were the splashiest moves in the offseason, but the willingness to fork over big bucks to the offense hardly stops there.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Shelling out big bucks for a pair of undersized point guards feels foolish.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 July 2019
  • Meet the options trader making big bucks from the bank failures.
    — WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The person with the big bucks, including a chunk of Arty’s money, was Paloma.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 21 June 2018
  • Creating phishing pages can bring in big bucks with little effort.
    — PCMAG, 30 May 2024

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