Example Sentences

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It’s a flagrant foul for unnecessary and excessive dumbness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2020

Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

And there’s still more to the dumbness of the conspiracy allegation.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2019

At least Oreo, the brand, didn’t try to use the moment of national viral dumbness to inject itself into the “conversation” by saying something clever.

From Slate • May 21, 2019

But being reminded of the dumbness doesn’t make me feel very good.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone