dolt

Example Sentences

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Previous seasons present Greg as the hapless dolt who acts as the idiot's edition of a Greek chorus.

From Salon • May 15, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

In the NFL, there is a fine line between being considered a genius and a dolt.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020

The long-nosed fire chief of a Washington ski town helps a dolt woo the astronomer he loves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

He’d just made Gingersnipes talk about her most painful memory—being called useless—then, like a blundering dolt, he’d made her feel that way all over again.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman