buffoon

Example Sentences

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James wasn’t the buffoon his critics disdain, but nor was he a durable leader whose reforms would endure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Created by a solo developer known only as LocalThunk, card game Balatro - which takes its name from the Latin for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

He’s a weasel with a sword, the drunken-samurai trope like the tragic buffoon Kikuchiyo, portrayed by the great Toshiro Mifune in the Akira Kurosawa classic “Seven Samurai.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Among the most sharp-tongued figures in the dispute over the last year was LIV CEO Greg Norman, whom many of those loyal to the PGA Tour consider to be an arrogant buffoon.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2023

She would begin by describing some incident in which she was a sort of honest buffoon.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison