dopey

Example Sentences

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Grief tethers Supergirl to Ruthye, even though they disagree on how to handle it, and it also seems to repel her from Corenswet’s dopey, innocent Clark Kent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

I assume Vrabel thinks it’s a dopey move.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

His lead, Pattinson’s Mickey Barnes, is a dopey, instantly lovable voluntary “Expendable,” jettisoned into space to be a human guinea pig who will be pivotal in colonizing a faraway planet.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

"She was used to a dopey shire and was taken aback by these foals zooming around her."

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

A dopey letter is still a dopey letter, no matter how you dress it up; and there's a reason regular people don't appear on TV: we're boring.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris