oaf

The chemistry between this oaf and the astute Elinor is nonexistent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But neither should you behave like an oaf.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023

At first he doesn't accept her apology but, being the immature oaf that he is, Chris gets back at her by using her as human torpedo to destroy their gooey, disgusting alien target.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2022

But the oaf from Park Slope really deserves three cheers for using his lame-duck months to blaze an appropriately aggressive trail on this issue.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2021

In truth, Jaime's armor was gilded steel, but this oaf would never know the difference.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

What they were doing with these oafs, I do not know, but it was astonishing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

They’re confirmed oafs who, like their father, love saying the quiet part out loud, and who make themselves into fools jockeying for his attention.

From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2018

It’s tempting to ascribe the IOC’s decision-making process here to rank incompetence, and to imagine the IOC as a group of hapless oafs who bumbled their way into the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” moniker.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2018

BoJack, an ass of a horse, is right in the wheelhouse of Mr. Arnett, who has played self-centered oafs like Gob Bluth in “Arrested Development.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2016

They got to the stables, mounted the horses, and were away before the two oafs had untangled themselves.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli