: a stupid person
Examples of dolt in a Sentence
What a dolt I've been!
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
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As boss, Patrick Kramer eschews the oily portrayal of some to make his Franklin Hart a straight-up dolt.
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Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
But Joel and Ethan invest in other characters’ stories more — specifically, Josh Brolin’s conflicted fixer and Alden Ehrenreich’s anxious young actor — leaving Clooney to ham it up pleasantly as a forgettable dolt.
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—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
Taking its cues from Cyrano de Bergerac, the film stars Martin as Charlie, a regular guy with a big nose who’s in love with Roxanne (Daryl Hannah), an astronomy student who has a thing for a hunky dolt (Rick Rossovich) on Charlie’s firefighting crew.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
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Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
But Joel and Ethan invest in other characters’ stories more — specifically, Josh Brolin’s conflicted fixer and Alden Ehrenreich’s anxious young actor — leaving Clooney to ham it up pleasantly as a forgettable dolt.
14.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
Taking its cues from Cyrano de Bergerac, the film stars Martin as Charlie, a regular guy with a big nose who’s in love with Roxanne (Daryl Hannah), an astronomy student who has a thing for a hunky dolt (Rick Rossovich) on Charlie’s firefighting crew.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Dolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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