How to Use the class clown in a Sentence

the class clown

noun

• To be the girlfriend of the class clown was different from admiring the class clown.
  — Sheila Heti, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
• Winton, the class clown and semi-pariah who fits the stereotype of the clingy, maladjusted product of a broken home.
  — Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
• The hurt kid became the class clown, the super friendly boy who was content to pal around with his buddies and leave applying himself to everyone else.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
• Colin and Penelope Bridgerton Colin Bridgerton is the third of eight children and the class clown of the crew, played by Luke Newton in the show.
  — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
• As he gets used to life in the NHL, Buium was one of many Wild players who acknowledged a player like Foligno — deadly serious on the ice, the class clown off it — is an important part of any team.
  — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025