simpleton

Example Sentences

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Appealing to the racist stereotypes of the age, they argued that Mr. Joseph was too much of a simpleton to have committed high treason.

From New York Times

The Dominion documents have revealed that Fox views its audience as uninformed simpletons who are so wrapped up in their own hatred of fellow Americans that they cannot bear to hear about inconvenient facts.

From Salon

And not in the simpleton type of way.

From Seattle Times

Turning what could have been merely a simpleton into a lost soul, Keoghan’s work here is vivid and heartbreaking.

From Los Angeles Times

As a physician, he felt the anti-abortion lobbyists were "skirting around" serious health care questions that the law's language fails to address and instead were presenting "a simpleton's message."

From Salon