blockhead

Example Sentences

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He, like so many police officers we’ve seen, is a complete blockhead.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

An artist’s desire for profit should have no bearing on this analysis; after all, as Kagan quoted Samuel Johnson: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2023

He’d even infuriated his wife, Elizabeth, a critical care physician, who wondered how her magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa husband could be such a blockhead.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Peter Robbins, the former child actor who first put a voice to Charles Schultz’s lovable "blockhead" Charlie Brown has died, according to reports.

From Fox News • Jan. 26, 2022

“Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of?—What do you deserve?”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen