simpleton

Example Sentences

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He was a soldier simpleton who appeared in comic drawings about life in the army in the 1890s.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

And not in the simpleton type of way.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Redmayne plays a creep; Henry, a yearner; Keoghan, a simpleton.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2023

As the simpleton Lymon, Fisher occasionally goes too hokey, especially when it comes to his Southern drawl, but is endearing nonetheless with his dopey physicality and witless expressions.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Then I would bring out the rice, and measure it, and run the grain through my fingers for sheer love of it, fondling it like a simpleton.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya