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

It was nice to see Jeremy Strong, who, hilariously, plays off the perception of him as a no-fun dork on set.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

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

SWEEENEY: How much of a dork I am.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

If he’d tried to say anything, could he have gotten the words out without snorting or belching or stammering or doing something else that made him seem like a total dork?

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix