How to Use stupid in a Sentence
stupid
adjective- It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.
- I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.
- Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid.
- I was stupid with fatigue.
- Why are you being so stupid?
- He had a stupid expression on his face.
- We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.
- She angrily described her boss as a stupid old man.
- I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.
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Maybe the third time will be the ... what's the word? ... end of this stupid idea.
— Creg Stephenson | [email protected], AL.com, 19 May 2017 -
As with all 992s, the GTS is stupid easy to drive fast.
— David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 July 2022 -
But the prices for this year’s big game are just stupid.
— Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022 -
For those of you new to the sport, yes, football is a stupid game.
— Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 20 Sep. 2020 -
What a stupid thing to even think, much less say out loud.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024 -
He's gonna be a stupid teenager and be behind the wheel of a car.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 -
And Yisrael is the first to say that her son did some stupid things.
— Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2021 -
The fact that the kid was still alive (and in the dragon’s mouth the whole time) is equally stupid.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Laugh at stupid jokes, make love in the morning hours, play jacks with the kids.
— Sonja Marie, Essence, 28 June 2019 -
If parents are too stupid to see that, the courts need to step in.
— Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2018 -
Just stop people from doing the stupid things in the first place.
— The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2020 -
And then a lot of like dumb jokes, like a lot of like stupid humor.
— Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022 -
Stuff like: do this movie, some stupid wrestling movie.
— Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 July 2015 -
One of the best things the Star Wars franchise has going for it is all the stupid names.
— Vulture, 24 Sep. 2023 -
But this isn’t even close to the most stupid, ridiculous thing about this show.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 -
But the kicker was that her kids said, 'Mom, don't be stupid.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023 -
If men think women are stupid for it, then the joke’s on them.
— Christina Newland, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022 -
Who would be stupid enough to be late for a date with Alicia Keys?
— Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Let all the stupid ideas fly with a diverse group of aligned people.
— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Of course, the henchmen aren’t stupid enough to simply report a round number of 85.0 percent turnout.
— Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024 -
To paraphrase a wise man, don’t be too stupid to keep moviegoers from having a good time.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
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