idiocies
Example Sentences
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A cranky novelist ensconced in a swanky setting, railing at the idiocies of the contemporary world.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2021
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 13, 2019
There is wide-open writing here about Chicago, his hometown, and about topics like con men, terrorism, Paris and Vermont, writers like Ralph Ellison and J. D. Salinger and the idiocies of certain critics and scholars.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2015
The essay that attracted my attention connects data points including the media tour of Bryan Goldberg, upon whom entertaining opprobrium has been heaped for his idiocies in launching Bustle.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2013
A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
