dork

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

He doesn’t seem to be acting like a dork for the sake of views, or to trick us into believing his falsities.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

“I have a dork in me, and I’m OK with that. That’s another side of me that people don’t know.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2022

I didn’t even have a cell phone, which of course made me the biggest dork around.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana