dolt

Example Sentences

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Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021

More than one of the women in this novel is a monster, more than one of the men is an easily manipulated dolt or lech, and its view of mental illness is antediluvian.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2018

I was scarcely able to believe that we had reached our destination, but the stranger dismounted and snapped, "Don't sit there like a dolt; get down!"

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood