dunce

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Now he’s the guy who sat on that bar stool in Columbus, the bully who berated his kicker, the dunce who thought Andre Cisco was playing when he wasn’t.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

The high hairdo towered over her thin face like dunce cap, the white-blond hair utterly incongruous with her olive skin.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld