How to Use bonehead in a Sentence

bonehead

noun

• His all-time bonehead decision to go for it on fourth down gave the Browns life.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
• The context is his two bonehead interceptions put the day in a sinkhole.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• No doubt the front office has made many mistakes, and the coaches have made enough bonehead moves to anger veteran players.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
• In a game against the Cubs, Throneberry made a bonehead play in the field but almost made up for it in his next at-bat.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
• Now some bonehead Photoshopped a horrific image on the shirt.
  — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• The only ones who lifted a finger to help were the Russian bar owners who came out from behind the bar with blocks of wood and laid into the boneheads.
  — Steve Knopper, GQ, 16 Jan. 2018
• The Cavaliers guard made one of the biggest bonehead mistakes on the NBA's biggest stage.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 1 June 2018
• First baseman Yuri Gurriel smartly charged the throw and relayed it to second, where second baseman Jose Altuve made a bonehead play.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• When Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, called analysts boring boneheads on a conference call in May, investors saw it as a lack of self-control.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• Eventually, it's revealed that when Annabelle died, Mama and Papa Mullins made the bonehead move of praying to whatever dark forces would listen to their pleas and give them their beloved child back.
  — Andrew Crump, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2017
• Louisville would lead by as many as 13 points and for more than 34 minutes and the Cards were still up by four points before back-to-back bonehead plays made possible Virginia’s comeback with less than one second left on the game clock.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2018
• Colts career, the quarterback has admittedly had a few bonehead moments, but from an overall perspective, Wentz is taking care of the football better than most of the quarterbacks in the NFL.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Nov. 2021
• After scoring 0 against the Pelicans, Joe Ingles was brilliant offensively for 16 points against the Sixers, save for one bonehead turnover in the fourth and subsequent and-one foul.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• Exhausted from having craven boneheads chosen to lead departments governing the environment, the Treasury, education, and the interior.
  — Graydon Carter, The Hive, 19 June 2017
• Won chose Josh Hart as her MVP, a pick that nearly went sour when the Knicks forward made a couple of bonehead plays in the final minutes that almost torpedoed the Knicks’ historic comeback.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026