dork

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Tess beams with satisfaction that age alone has made Anna a dork and her the cool grandma.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

I had graduated from weird dork to cool kid.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

But worst of all, maybe, would be that I’d look like an irredeemable dork.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

“No, man, I’ll tell you what got me here. That little dork Roy Eberhardt is what got me here.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen