Example Sentences

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Jost earns a scholarship to attend Regis High School on the Upper East Side, which liberates him from the confines of his somewhat knuckleheaded Staten Island upbringing, exposing him to the city’s moneyed elite.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2020

What doomed Kashuv was that his knuckleheaded moments were preserved in tidy digital packets to be turned against him.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2019

Before Logan Paul got onstage at a flat-earther conference to support a knuckleheaded conspiracy theory, he told the audience he was feeling grateful that day.

From The Verge • Dec. 3, 2018

A knuckleheaded Hill staffer, happy to divulge which prep school he'd attended, said this to me last spring.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2013

“I’m very sorrowful one of the premier universities in the Rockies has been scandalized by a few knuckleheaded students,” said Pat Williams, a former United States congressman and a member of Montana’s Board of Regents.

From New York Times • May 23, 2012