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
There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021
In the NFL, there is a fine line between being considered a genius and a dolt.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020
It couldn’t be Toby already—the dolt had only just left for the morning’s luggage pickup an hour ago.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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