DAFT in a Sentence

Learn DAFT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DAFT, such as:

1. It was a pretty daft idea anyway.
2. He was daft about her, and everyone knew it.
3. One daft with strength, the other daft with weakness.

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 Meanings and Examples of DAFT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
daft
 a.  mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful
Classic Sentence:
1  "There go two daft ones now," muttered the old Manxman.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
2  One daft with strength, the other daft with weakness.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
3  He was daft about her, and everyone knew it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IX
Example Sentence:
1  The River Thames was the centre of a daft spectacle yesterday as a giant 50 foot rubber duck swam down it to celebrate the launch of Jackpotjoy.com's new Facebook FUNdation, a bursary granting funds.
2  It was a pretty daft idea anyway.