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
But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022
There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021
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
I rode home, calling myself a dolt but rejoicing nonetheless.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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