buffoon

Example Sentences

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James wasn’t the buffoon his critics disdain, but nor was he a durable leader whose reforms would endure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Created by a solo developer known only as LocalThunk, card game Balatro - which takes its name from the Latin for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

Completely stunned, Michelle placed the box over her head and stood there like a buffoon.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2023

If the TMZ Selfie Tour could help me look like even slightly less than a ham-handed buffoon in pictures of my own taking it would be worth the price.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

She would begin by describing some incident in which she was a sort of honest buffoon.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison