lunkhead

Example Sentences

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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2019

Hajar’s charm and kindness procure for her a lunkhead Prince Charming, a wan conclusion to a 90-minute episode of nothing much.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

Agent Cooper, who came through the socket of a Vegas bedroom thereby becoming local lunkhead Dougie, is being chauffeured home from the casino in a limo.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2017

The matter is I'm a lunkhead and Newport bores me stiff.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert