Definition of DOLT

Examples of dolt in a Sentence

What a dolt I've been! he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt

Recent Examples on the Web Cyrano's desolation is tempered by a begrudging affection for Christian, who is just tongue-tied enough to be endearing without being an entirely hopeless dolt in Jenner's appealing performance. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Cyrano': Theater Review," 8 Nov. 2019 My three-year-old understands on-demand, streaming, but Alabama’s Secretary of State is still flipping channels like a dolt? — al.com, "Leave it to Cleaver: Merrill’s homophobic TV nostalgia is a political rerun we can’t stop watching," 24 July 2019 After all, those sipping the tea were wealthy and thus successful, while the dolts reading think tank reports were just bureaucrats, one Administration official groused. — Philip Elliott, Time, "Inside Donald Trump's Twitter-Fueled Weekend Meltdown," 20 Feb. 2018 My three-year-old understands on-demand, streaming, but Alabama’s Secretary of State is still flipping channels like a dolt? — al.com, "Leave it to Cleaver: Merrill’s homophobic TV nostalgia is a political rerun we can’t stop watching," 24 July 2019 Be prepared for an even more authoritarian decent when the curtain is pulled back on this totally unwizardly dolt and his klan of dangerous fools. — Tyler Mccarthy, Fox News, "Peter Fonda sorry for Barron Trump tweet but his tweets often go too far," 22 June 2018 Burned into our collective memory as the apparel of choice for gangsters like Tony Montana, playboys like Hugh Hefner, and the greatest dolt in fashion history, Derek Zoolander, silky menswear has been parodied into a pulp. — Samuel Hine, GQ, "Silk Is This Season's Strongest Look," 1 May 2018 After all, those sipping the tea were wealthy and thus successful, while the dolts reading think tank reports were just bureaucrats, one Administration official groused. — Philip Elliott, Time, "Inside Donald Trump's Twitter-Fueled Weekend Meltdown," 20 Feb. 2018 Never forget that conventional wisdom in 1981 regarded Reagan as a Hollywood dolt. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "The Godfather of Tax Reform," 20 Dec. 2017

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