: a stupid person
Examples of dolt in a Sentence
What a dolt I've been!
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
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Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt.
—Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt.
—Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dolt
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“Dolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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