idiot

Example Sentences

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Turnbull -- who has described Taylor as the "best-qualified idiot" around -- warned the party faced disaster if it continued down that path.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

“I’ve changed a lot as a filmmaker, but I’m still the same idiot I’ve always been. That’s the bad news,” Iñárritu says laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“He’s an idiot for saying this,” radio host Dean Obeidallah said on his Sirius/XM radio show.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

We understand that calling the principal himself an idiot wouldn’t be the most effective means of dissuading him from destructive ideas.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2026

“How do you know what I’m thinking? I’m an idiot, remember? I don’t think that much.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff