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

Wahlberg is his breathy, exasperated self, while Ferrell executes the naive oaf routine he does so well, lending his clumsy physicality to all manner of bodily injury, accidents and mishaps.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2017

What had that oaf Axell Florent said of Val?

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin