dope

Example Sentences

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The latter has been handled by cartoons like the 2019 series “Harley Quinn,” which turns Superman into an overly confident dope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

This type of silk is made inside a spider's silk gland, where silk proteins are stored as a thick liquid called "silk dope."

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

“I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$,” he wrote.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

So if they did a dope move, they’d be like, “Aw, that was jerkin’.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Knowing Noodles, he probably would've freaked out and ran and snatched Needles up, not even realizing how dope it all was.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds