oafish
Example Sentences
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He won fame as the oafish son-in-law Michael "Meathead" Stivic on groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," before transitioning to directing.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
It is, on one level, a crime thriller built from familiar Scorsesean elements: demanding father figures and feckless heirs, treacherous husbands and neglected wives, oafish goons and ruthless assassins, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Yet the light charm, mostly offered by Shen as the oafish sidekick, serves as a saving grace amid the shadowy political games.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
You shouldn’t deny yourself a good technology because some oafish environmentalist tried to force it on you.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
He shook his head and in a single motion of disgust scooped up the clay and slapped it back onto the wheel, whereupon it collapsed into an oafish lump again, as if ashamed.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
