Winifred had forgotten that behind conduct lies the main trend of character; or, in other words, omitted to remember that Fleur was now a "lame duck.
To waddle out of Change alley as a lame duck; a term for one who has not been able to pay his gaming debts, called his differences, on the Stock Exchange, and therefore absents himself from it.
At this disenchanted moment a lame duck of her own breed was welcome to June, so homoeopathic by instinct.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lame duck" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.