dunce

Example Sentences

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If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Ironically, she was punished in school for not being able to keep quiet and put in a corner with a dunce cap on her head.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Recall children in dunce caps, perjurers in pillories, adulterers branded with scarlet letters.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Now he’s the guy who sat on that bar stool in Columbus, the bully who berated his kicker, the dunce who thought Andre Cisco was playing when he wasn’t.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

Almost everywhere I looked the dunce caps appeared, and I filled a bag in less than an hour.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan