schlemiel

Example Sentences

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In some regards this narrator, a husband and father, is Mr. Lerner’s most mature alter ego, but he often seems like the same schlemiel as the feckless grad student in “Leaving the Atocha Station.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

As Costanza, Mr. Stiller was perpetually struggling to control his temper, blood pressure and contempt for his son, George, a balding schlemiel played by Jason Alexander.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2020

Of all of Kate McKinnon’s recurring weirdo characters, there’s none so consistently hilarious as Coleen Rafferty – the unflappable, chain-smoking southern schlemiel who finds herself on the disgusting end of some paranormal mischief.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2019

In Yiddish, is he a schlemiel or a a schlimazel, eh?

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2017

“No, like an utter schlemiel, I just walked in there. I don’t know what I was thinking.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros