idiocy

Example Sentences

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A few days later I saw a friend who knows his foreign affairs and he said, “Do you believe the idiocy of this guy?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

A detective in the tradition of Benoit Blanc and other modern descendants of the Agatha Christie whodunnit, she knows she’s usually the smartest person in the room and has no time for idiocy.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

They were supposed to still be furious at how the Padres had showboated their way to a Game 2 victory that incited Dodger Stadium fans into idiocy, right?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

I call on George Santos to engineer a crypto fleece or a phishing operation or really any scheme worthy of his singular, astonishing idiocy.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

Guessing she can see the idiocy on my face or something because she’s laughing.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone