dunce

Example Sentences

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If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Recall children in dunce caps, perjurers in pillories, adulterers branded with scarlet letters.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

But dunce caps aside, the irony is that Xi’s critique of Big Tech is similar to recent debates in the United States.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021

Come December, the predictor will either be wearing a dunce cap or a genius cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

“That’s fine, Elijah, but don’t be counting on Cooter to go with you. Schoolteacher Travis just come by and said the boy’s acting the dunce at school again.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis