oaf
Example Sentences
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But neither should you behave like an oaf.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023
I just have the sense that life is just this clumsy oaf.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022
He is a faux tough guy who lets other people do the fighting for him, a needy brat who never accepts responsibility for his actions, an oaf with no trace of courage, class or chivalry.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2019
In New York, many residents think of him as a grating oaf who regularly trolls local sports fans by rooting for the Red Sox.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2019
And the word racist, to them, conjures, if not a tobacco-spitting oaf, then something just as fantastic—an ore, troll, or gorgon.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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