prat

Example Sentences

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He said: "Everything seemed to be legit, but I got turned over, I feel a bit of a prat."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

And Conservative MP Tim Loughton said Mr Hancock had been an "absolute prat" and losing the Tory whip was "the least he deserves".

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2022

Let’s be honest: Late-November Thanksgiving is more often than not an inconvenient pain in the prat.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2020

In his original review from 2001, the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw says the film makes Bridget “look like the world’s biggest prat, and an egregious emotional imbecile”.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2020

“Yeah, don’t worry about us,” said Ron, permitting his mother to plant a very wet kiss on his cheek, “or about Percy. He’s such a prat, it’s not really a loss, is it?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling