idiot

Example Sentences

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In a post on TikTok, Ella called fraternity members who made that bet idiots and said they deserved to lose money.

From The Wall Street Journal

Draw you in, make you say something caring and understanding, then punch you on the arm and tell you what an idiot you are for falling for it.

From Literature

“Stop gaping like an idiot and look alive,” she whispered as Callaway excitedly motioned a small group of kids over from where they’d been sitting around a table eating breakfast.

From Literature

Turnbull -- who has described Taylor as the "best-qualified idiot" around -- warned the party faced disaster if it continued down that path.

From Barron's

Frederick and Bruno might be complete idiots, but any village idiot knows gold when they see it.

From Literature