How to Use bonehead in a Sentence

bonehead

noun

• But Mr Musk would get some respite from bores and boneheads.
  — The Economist, 26 May 2018
• There weren’t any bonehead plays made or anything like that.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 22 May 2018
• The Cavaliers guard made one of the biggest bonehead mistakes on the NBA's biggest stage.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 1 June 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
• Answer: Disclaimer: Her kid, so her right to be a complete bonehead about raising him.
  — Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
• For Pete’s sake, what are these boneheads doing at practice?
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Presenting your bonehead move of the week Cristian Techera's awareness level: weak.
  — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Now some bonehead Photoshopped a horrific image on the shirt.
  — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The bonehead penalties — celebration stuff, removing the helmet, etc. — shouldn’t be a factor against Oregon.
  — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2019
• While affirming her government’s determination to find someone in the U.K. who does not think Trump is an unmitigated bonehead, May warned that the difficulty of the task must not be underestimated.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 10 July 2019
• 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
• But Mr Musk would get some respite from bores and boneheads.
  — The Economist, 26 May 2018
• There weren’t any bonehead plays made or anything like that.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 22 May 2018
• The Cavaliers guard made one of the biggest bonehead mistakes on the NBA's biggest stage.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 1 June 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
• Answer: Disclaimer: Her kid, so her right to be a complete bonehead about raising him.
  — Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
• For Pete’s sake, what are these boneheads doing at practice?
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Presenting your bonehead move of the week Cristian Techera's awareness level: weak.
  — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Now some bonehead Photoshopped a horrific image on the shirt.
  — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The bonehead penalties — celebration stuff, removing the helmet, etc. — shouldn’t be a factor against Oregon.
  — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2019

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