dull-witted

Example Sentences

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There’s the voice that can descend to a gently coaxing tone and then rise to a high-pitched squawk of anger, the attitude that can seem mean and calculating one minute and endearingly dull-witted the next.

From Los Angeles Times

He sketches one character this way: “dull-witted, servile, and emotionally immature — somewhere between a schmendrick and a tool.”

From Washington Post

Other than new signs at the airport warning the more dull-witted Canadian citizens to dispense of their marijuana in the appropriate receptacles before leaving the country, it was hard to notice any real change after the passage of the marijuana laws.

From The New Yorker

That’s 218 square miles, so big that a herd of 600 elk wanders unnoticed through the rugged dreamscape like a dull-witted motorcycle gang.

From Golf Digest

The heavily bearded face of the czar, whom many regarded as dull-witted, is somber but shows no fear.

From Washington Times