oaf

Example Sentences

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Before landing on the small ape of “The Legend of Ochi,” Saxon first considered a giant oaf and then something closer to the slumbering beast of Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

But neither should you behave like an oaf.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

At first he doesn't accept her apology but, being the immature oaf that he is, Chris gets back at her by using her as human torpedo to destroy their gooey, disgusting alien target.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2022

He is a faux tough guy who lets other people do the fighting for him, a needy brat who never accepts responsibility for his actions, an oaf with no trace of courage, class or chivalry.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2019

There the big oaf was, snoring like a fox cub in his earth on a winter’s night.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques