Sentence examples for a numbskull from inspiring English sources

It's a relief to be treated as a numbskull, you know?." · The Duchess is released on September 5.

And the idea that a numbskull like Sebastian Coe could have any say in major public policy makes my head woozy.

Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, is "clearly a numbskull", Sir Jock Stirrup, Britain's then chief of defence staff, told visiting US officials in London two years ago.

Stirrup stated that Pakistan is "arguably worse" now than a month ago, asserting that although Zardari has "made helpful political noises, he's clearly a numbskull".

Another cable revealed that the Pakistani president was described as a "numbskull" by Sir Jock Stirrup, Britain's then chief of defence staff.

Three decades on, it's just about possible to say, aloud and in the same breath, that you like Boulez and Glass without automatically being derided as a numbskull (or not to your face).

The pathetic scene, and Jack's belief that Otho shows his friendship by no longer joining in the other boys' taunts of "Lack-a-wit / Numbskull / Mooncalf / Fool," could even bring a lump to a grown-up's throat.

I put them in the other fucking bag like a fucking numbskull.

A no-nonsense $36.1m No 1 American opening for Dumb and Dumber To – beating the $26.3m (adjusted) made by the Farrelly brothers' 1994 original – means that the producers, New Line, and Universal, the distributor, have managed to tap into 90s nostalgia and source a new numbskull generation.

Likewise, though Trump began his business life with a multi-million stake from his father, just as Trump's own kids have, to dismiss Trump as a mere numbskull is specious.

He's a freakin' numbskull.