clownish

Example Sentences

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Clownish police officers are on the lookout for a three-ring circus of thieves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Clownish though some of them seem, these men may hold some keys to Mueller’s investigation.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2018

Clownish, somewhat dim-witted werewolves loyally guard flocks of cow/sheep, but prudent householders stay out of their way when the moon is full.

From Time Magazine Archive

So you will get a view of the world as oddly coloured as Harlequin's clothes, with puffs of sentiment dear to the soul of Columbine, and Clownish fun with Pantaloonish wisdom and chuckles.

From The Harlequinade An Excursion by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

They, on the other hand, who would not for the world make a joke themselves and are displeased with such as do are thought to be Clownish and Stern.

From Ethics by Aristotle