How to Use doofus in a Sentence

doofus

noun
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  • I don't want to be partnered on the project with that doofus.
  • Don't be such a doofus.
  • Be the doofus who tries skateboarding for the first time at age 53.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 17 June 2022
  • And sure enough, here’s a doofus leaning in for a closer look.
    — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
  • And, yup, Archie convinces his band of doofus jocks (and perfect Kevin) to join the Dark Circle again.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 May 2018
  • To a pint-sized doofus like myself, this was by far the coolest thing imaginable.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • One way of culling the herd of doofus drone pilots is (gentle) mockery—and that’s the true meaning of DroneCrashmas to me.
    — Faine Greenwood, Slate Magazine, 3 Jan. 2018
  • If something doesn’t sound bad enough on its face, tie it to something even a doofus knows is awful.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Platt’s off-putting doofus is such a self-congratulatory stunt — and of a piece with the entire film.
    — Armond White, National Review, 24 Sep. 2021
  • One of the main reasons Clinton lost was that her central campaign platform plank was her assertion that Trump is a creep, a jerk and a doofus.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 2 June 2017
  • As Irons plays him, at least until the movie’s swerving finale, this PM is a likable doofus, certain that any problem can be solved with a handshake and a cup of tea.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Kramer was the prototype of the hipster doofus, an urban species about as likely to be eradicated as the cockroach.
    — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
  • What happens when a bad-tempered, distractible doofus runs an empire?
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Terry Bradshaw was benched in Pittsburgh and got the reputation for being a doofus.
    — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Bryan Jager has a fun number as a sensitive scallywag; Jarrett Poore gets laughs as a lovable doofus.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Sitcoms have simply swung to the other end of the spectrum, portraying dads as clueless, bumbling doofuses.
    — Aaron Traister, Redbook, 20 Sep. 2012
  • With great power comes great responsibility... to not be a doofus.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Officer Dixon at first glance seems a classic mouth-breathing doofus with a comic malevolence that is vintage Sam Rockwell.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2017
  • Johnny is a very funny, very thrilling combination of playful writing and a canny performance of doofus-tude.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Particularly well served by the writers are Doi, the resident mordant wit, and Donovan as the doofus — in Kutcher’s old job, basically.
    — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Certainly not the gormless Parson Henry, or the doofus-y mountain man (Nathan Zellner) who crosses paths with them in the wilderness, sporting a malfunctioning rifle and a nasty temper.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • Anyone who wants to tell you it’s someone other than Brady either wears cheese for a hat, has Archie Manning among his favorite phone contacts, or is hosting a debate show that no one outside of the doofus hosts takes seriously.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
  • But there’s just no way that 29 women yearned to marry this American-Eagle-assistant-manager-ass doofus and go live with him in Arizona forever.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 5 Mar. 2018
  • But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan-doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don’t seem to have restricted him that much.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Calvin, a doofus with inappropriate intentions, has an old friend—a hedge-fund manager, Ivy League alumnus and, presumably, a donor—through whom Calvin can place one student a year at Honor’s would-be alma mater.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • Since there are only two noteworthy humans in the story — one is dumped after the opening ten minutes and the other is a comedy-relief doofus — humanity is notably missing from the story.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Patiño delights with the precise gestures to convey that though Ernesto is there to get paid to support his family, compassion for another person, even a privileged doofus, shouldn’t be conditional.
    — Carlos Aguilar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, arguably his magnum opus and potentially his second-to-last feature film, sees Tate escape her brutal murder, her would-be attackers slashed and burned by two heroic doofuses: one an actor, one a stuntman.
    — Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 1 May 2020
  • In a classic doofus misstep, Mnuchin punctuated his tweet with a flag emoji apparently intended to display his patriotism.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 8 May 2020
  • Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers’ lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution.
    — Armond White, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022

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