stupidity

Example Sentences

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Later, he took a scolding tone when he insisted — yet again — that the negotiations would soon end the war, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

English historian Simon Schama described Hegseth’s words as “a special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“What I am looking out for is the mistakes, and the stupidity, of other dealers and auction houses,” he told the New Yorker in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"It shows the stupidity of the declassification process without historical knowledge," Zala believes.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane