dolt
Example Sentences
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Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
The central protagonist of the royalty portion of this upstairs-downstairs comedy is the type of clueless, privileged dolt we've seen a thousand times before.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2020
The long-nosed fire chief of a Washington ski town helps a dolt woo the astronomer he loves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
More than one of the women in this novel is a monster, more than one of the men is an easily manipulated dolt or lech, and its view of mental illness is antediluvian.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2018
There was no response to this comment from the other men, all of whom thought Cloon an insufferable dolt.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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