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Recent Examples of buffoon Dylan Maxwell could easily have been an unsympathetic buffoon, but there’s a distinct love for (and in most cases, an appreciation of) the people behind the teen archetypes on display. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025 Problematic to be sure, but also a very in-character move for an ignorant buffoon. Ben Rosenstock, Time, 6 May 2025 Read: Comedy’s most erudite buffoon Mulaney has many advantages at Netflix that his conventional-television peers don’t, however. David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025 Once infused with the diabolical spirit, the guide is transformed into a buffoon, complete with a harlequin outfit—a mad joker and a dancing fool who does a little jig to the sound of a jazz trio. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buffoon
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clown
Noun
  • Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
    Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Buffoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffoon. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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