dolt
Example Sentences
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Marsden: I’m just sort of a dolt, a Hollywood dolt who just doesn’t understand the real-world stuff, right?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
“I didn’t want to be the dolt father who keeps getting the family in trouble,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2022
Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Sadly, Jules Rivera, the new illustrator of this Americana classic, has transformed Mark into a hapless dolt bumbling through a landscape of insipid sketches resembling old “Archie” comics.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020
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
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