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

They see that he’s a buffoon, but they know that the United States is still the world’s most consequential great power.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 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

He’s a weasel with a sword, the drunken-samurai trope like the tragic buffoon Kikuchiyo, portrayed by the great Toshiro Mifune in the Akira Kurosawa classic “Seven Samurai.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Even when he was so distracted he’d acted like a buffoon, Annabeth had been patient and helpful.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan