IDIOT in a Sentence

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58 example sentences for IDIOT, such as:

1. Do not argue with an idiot.
2. I felt like a complete idiot.
3. The idiot scampered in and out.
4. He behaved like an irresponsible idiot.
5. At Albert, the village idiot, apparently.

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 Meanings and Examples of IDIOT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
idiot
 n.  foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  The first had been blown down, or the village idiot, who always tore down what had been nailed up, had done it, and was chuckling over the placard under the shade of some hedge.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
2  At Albert, the village idiot, apparently.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
3  "The village idiot," whispered a stout black lady--Mrs. Elmhurst--who came from a village ten miles distant where they, too, had an idiot.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
4  The idiot scampered in and out.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
5  Mrs. Parker was deploring to Isa in a low voice the village idiot.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
6  The sound of horses' hooves, energetically represented by Albert the idiot with a wooden spoon on a tray, died away.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
7  Here the hindquarters of the donkey, represented by Albert the idiot, became active.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
8  The good man contemplated the idiot benignly.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
9  Contemplating the idiot, Mr. Streatfield had lost the thread of his discourse.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
10  By nonsense he meant fancy; and truly it is probable she was as free from any alloy of that nature, as any human being not arrived at the perfection of an absolute idiot, ever was.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
11  The curious pulpy part of him, the emotional and humanly-individual part, depended on her with terror, like a child, almost like an idiot.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
12  Otherwise he would be lost like an idiot on a moor.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  But this astute and practical man was almost an idiot when left alone to his own emotional life.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  Such talk was really the gabbling of an idiot.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
15  The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I'll do my best.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Example Sentence:
1  This idiot is addicted to spending our money to buy votes.
2  This buffoon is the most self-centered idiot I have ever seen or heard.
3  I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead, I find myself addressing a dolt or idiot.
4  The problem with being an optimist is that when you persist in seeing the upside, people often assume you're an idiot.
5  He behaved like an irresponsible idiot.
6  Do not argue with an idiot.
7  Standing there on stage I felt a complete idiot.
8  I felt like a complete idiot.
9  There was silence for a moment, then Larry began chortling like an idiot.
10  Knowledge can't replace friendship, I'd rather be an idiot than lose you.
11  You have destroyed my ability to tolerate idiots.
12  This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle anyone.
13  If I claim your arguments are idiotic, then the corollary is that my arguments are intelligent.