Example Sentences

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“That’s wild,” he responds idiotically, before abruptly taking off, leaving her to deal with the pregnancy on her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

Sir Salman recalls how, when he was lying in a pool of blood, he found himself "idiotically thinking" about his personal belongings.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

Even Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who coasted as one of the "good ones," took a public faceplant by blowing up his marriage as idiotically as possible.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

And after I had idiotically resisted it for years, because how could anything so popular with 8-year-olds be that good, Harry Potter entered my world via a street cart in Ahmedabad, India.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

He used to stand on the terrace, barking idiotically, and then dash madly to one corner of the lawn and eat grass in a sort of frenzy.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier