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
In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn't get it is a dunce.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2021
So Yandy gets points for trying to make it desirable by combining a striped road-cone-colored poncho with a mini dunce cap, an ensemble called the Candy Corn Cutie.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2020
A guy in a dunce cap is lying on the couch, troubled.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2020
Almost everywhere I looked the dunce caps appeared, and I filled a bag in less than an hour.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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