dork

Example Sentences

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If I looked like a dork, at least I could zoom quickly past the judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I’ll admit it: I am a dork about pre-planning.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

“The song immediately came to my mind when I read it, and I laughed out loud in my car so loud, like a huge dork, and it was fantastic.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

But worst of all, maybe, would be that I’d look like an irredeemable dork.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

I feel like a dork looking at a map, but what else can I do?

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko