dopey

Example Sentences

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I assume Vrabel thinks it’s a dopey move.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

His lead, Pattinson’s Mickey Barnes, is a dopey, instantly lovable voluntary “Expendable,” jettisoned into space to be a human guinea pig who will be pivotal in colonizing a faraway planet.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Dunham’s knack for writing amusingly self-destructive women and dopey men remains intact, and her own turn as the mother caught in the middle is as thorny and complicated as the movie surrounding it.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Bautista stars as the dopey, often socially unaware character alongside Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2023

Even the sixth graders could see how dopey that was.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman