oaf

Example Sentences

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But neither should you behave like an oaf.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

I just have the sense that life is just this clumsy oaf.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

Naturally, this oaf is no match for the tough-girl cool of Fox, who emerges from each bloody tussle and snowy brawl with her makeup perfectly intact: such is her legend.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Wahlberg is his breathy, exasperated self, while Ferrell executes the naive oaf routine he does so well, lending his clumsy physicality to all manner of bodily injury, accidents and mishaps.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2017

Once an oaf chased me away from the Great Mosque.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel