How to Use numbskull in a Sentence

numbskull

noun

• The chaos started when a numbskull looking for trouble showed up yelling profane unpleasantries about Kirk.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
• That’s all fine and dandy, but watching these two numbskulls, like Pinky and the Brain with lobotomies, try to take down Tamra is not fun.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
• By contrast, the Bowdens act like complete numbskulls in this episode of Cape Fear because the plot requires them to do so.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 June 2026
• For me, that will always be the realest Drake, an honest-to-a-fault, bitchy numbskull that could make songs full of small, personal moments feel universal.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
• Pile on top of this the sharp and public criticism—Trump has called Powell a numbskull, stubborn, and stupid—and any nominee to replace Powell would seem like a shoo-in.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 May 2026
• David and Tatro don’t have enough moments together as father and son, though Tatro is enjoyable throughout as the posturing numbskull Jimmy Boy.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
• Movies like Eddington and The Mastermind also render their white male protagonists as ill-prepared and ineffectual numbskulls incapable of confronting their era’s racial and social politics.
  — Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025