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Sentence Examples Righting wrongs and fighting evil, corruption, wickedness and stupidity is just part-time work. Three clowns out of a Fellini film throw their nets over a group of Korean sailors who don't know what to make of so much occidental stupidity. I wait for the light to switch on in the cavernous depths of his stupidity. The awesome stupidity of the common herd endures and multiplies, in part, because of the bogus trend stories that daily newspapers feed it. In other words, relying on the continued stupidity of central bankers is not the most tenable investment thesis. And you can't rise up every time someone does something stupid and pass a law for the masses to stop the stupidity. I'm just incapable of ignoring the vast stupidity that appears to be going on around me. If ever a great end to a league season was spoilt by one bloke's stupidity it was this one by charming Chris. It's not a reporter's job to protect a star's image, or to protect him from his own stupidity. To jeopardize yourself and those you love just to prove your point is plain stupidity. To not reduce the retail price in the face of the facts is sheer stupidity. He's dying for some ice cream but knows it would be the height of stupidity to be seen there. The planet, which was laid waste some millennia previously thanks to the stupidity of mankind, is now littered with ruins. The Wall Street boys got themselves in a huge mess through their own greed and stupidity. The planet is now suffering because of our own stupidity and we are trying to make ourselves feel better by recycling things. The ability of the human mind to rationalize away stupidity is absolutely staggering. To confess that I did not realize the implications of my actions would be stupid, even beyond the stupidity of my previous letter to you. During the heightened moments of the film, the feeling of fearfulness is overshadowed by the stupidity of the plot. I'm not asking for any resignations at this point as I don't know how far up the chain of command this stupidity goes. She said the offences were the result of ignorance and gross stupidity, and it was an extremely hard lesson which he had now learned. Show More Sentences We are prone to desire more than we have, hate those who disagree with us and commit shameful things because of stupidity. Once the complete stupidity of these subsidies becomes apparent, governments will cease paying them and many wind farms will go bankrupt. The worse RBTV has to offer could not match the mind numbing stupidity of this caper. Despite its length and stupidity, this is the first entertaining document to be published by the Scottish Executive. Over the next decade, the crass stupidity of the words must have haunted them. It's my hope that they'll stumble into some miracle cure for stupidity, thusly reducing my stupid rating by a factor of 5 or more. He is a PhD student in Classics so you can imagine he has done a lot of stupid things, not out of actual stupidity, but out of absent mindedness. He told me a story of his childhood and I laughed drunkenly at its childish stupidity. What a hustler or conman is looking for in a victim, we are very usefully told, is not stupidity but loneliness. Let a court decide whether it was their stupidity or clumsiness of a system that denied them their vote. So that part of her closing statements reveals her abiding stupidity and ignorance. Let the chattering classes recognize their stupidity and ignorance and ponder on them. I just don't see the joy of going around spreading your stupidity and immaturity. She had a face of such immovable stupidity that it amounted to a sort of strange beauty. Too much fun still derives from characters' gullibility or stupidity, but the young author is trying to lift himself from farce into comedy. I would think long and hard before assuming that inarticulate speech and a gift for malapropism are indicators of stupidity. We've watched the television series, seen the movie and all marvelled at the stupidity of our fellow man. His character is a white youth of supreme stupidity who hilariously and ineptly adopts the mannerisms of black street talk. It's precisely what infallibility is for, to protect us from the stupidity of the Church's members. These short essays add tremendously to the book, again raising it above the level of a conglomeration of stories of human stupidity. Show More Sentences By his lying, stupidity and intemperance Lee has tarnished the club's image and caused embarrassment to supporters. I like to imagine that nearly killing a four year old by your recklessness and stupidity would weigh on your conscience. One of the pleasures of the TV show, The Simpsons is Homer's inveterate stupidity. I felt an almost irresistible urge to slap myself for the stupidity of my question. Now, admittedly this could be seen as a neat counterpoint to the national lottery, which is a tax on stupidity. Like all good folk tales these are stories of human ingenuity and stupidity, the worst of human nature and the best. The court considered a belief may be honestly held whether it stems from intoxication, stupidity, forgetfulness or inattention. To ignore such an evident flowering of talent and achievement is not only crass stupidity but a wasted opportunity. By setting such a trap or permitting an employee to do so on a river where otters are breeding is crass stupidity. Shuyin is laughing at some of the stupidity some forumites actually came up with. I have never stopped being angry at hypocrisy and hate and stupidity and cupidity, either. Angstrom slammed the door to his flat shut, cursing inwardly at his own stupidity. Kayla mentally cursed at her stupidity at wasting such a great opportunity. This administration seems to have a really dangerous and disturbing mix of cynicism and stupidity as their driving motive. We should not accuse the preformationists of stupidity for placing the right idea into the wrong substance. Even tourists who make an occasional visit recognise the stupidity of the present situation. That one misplaced punctuation mark represented laziness, disregard and plain stupidity. Is this a naughty punky joke, a cheeky punky laziness, or a tiresome punky ignorance and stupidity? But the worse bit is, he is a victim of the stupidity and greed of the parents of those young boys. He played my life away like a game of charades behind the guise of immaturity and stupidity. Show More Sentences We should enquire into exactly how far his stupidity and ignorance will stretch, what the history is, what are his motives and what's he hiding? Most of us have no idea of what could happen in our lives if we would overcome our stupidity and dullness. In spite of his stupidity, or maybe because of it, Goodman is a fine example of a character we love to hate. And he will be completely in character wearing his donkey jacket and showing off his natural stupidity. To take the easy way out, one might just chalk both up to blatant stupidity, but there are always other reasons as well. I'm definitely not a preachy global warmist type, but to say that global warming isn't happening because there's snow outside is stupidity. This is all about me baby, and my dream of accumulating a vast fortune by exploiting the stupidity of the reading audience. As long as we wield our weapons of hatred, greed and stupidity, nothing will change. As for weaselling out of tough situations, stupidity covers well for brazenness. Youthful stupidity and not a small amount of cultural blindness are things common to most people. Even the television ads for these magazines celebrate the hopeless stupidity and superficiality of the male. And when taken to extremes, such as at these schools in Kirkland and Puyallup, political correctness sinks to the realm of rank stupidity. In periods of political reaction, innumerable forms of social backwardness, ignorance and stupidity come into their own. I honestly felt a little stupidity now may save a whole lot of aggravation later. Since the beginning of time stupidity has been one of mankind's greatest weaknesses. And stupidity, sheer stupidity, meant that they did not see the trap that they had laid for themselves. He received a zap, shrieked slightly at his own stupidity, and yanked away. We feel free to laugh at his anarchic humour because we can feel we're laughing at fascism and the human stupidity that reinforces fascism. He cringes at his own stupidity for mentioning the residency gig the last time Gwynn had been in town. To pile stupidity on stupidity, none of the three bothered to turn up to answer the charge against them. Show More Sentences His suffering at her hands would have been unbearable had he not so richly deserved it for his crass stupidity and snobbishness. In newspapers across America, the story was presented as a humorous tale of incredible stupidity. Don't blame yourself, as this time dumb luck has been beaten out of site by sheer stupidity and you can't guard against that. The stupidity of this government and its inability to manage this country effectively and fairly astounds me. Her capacity for stupidity has surprised her in the past, but now it astounds her. Given the madness and, some say, the sheer stupidity of the event, the number of fatalities is quite low. It was hard at first to square Richard's manipulativeness with his stupidity until you saw that they were the formula for his success. Of course, this errant stupidity helped force Zapatero's hand and have him bring the troops home. Well, if only one television program screws this up, it is a reflection on the stupidity and incompetence of its producers and hosts. The media at that time completely ignored the stupidity of protest marches and bandhs in India. But I know she's suffering the consequences of my stupidity, my thoughtless actions. They took his remark as a joke although he had meant it as a spurn to their stupidity. Ben is a genetic throwback to Neanderthal man, shunned by family and society for his stupidity and ugliness. If it does come, it would be triggered by the naked greed of a nation that is selfish and self-centred to the point of gross stupidity. His stupidity served his turn on this occasion better than cunning would have done. But, they remain tight-lipped, to wait and silently revel in the king's stupidity. Kira carried on walking, muttering angrily to herself about the absolute stupidity and selfishness of demons and mythical creatures. Miraculously, Baby Jessica emerged unharmed, and the parents who let a baby toddle near open shafts weren't sent to prison for gross stupidity. In that film, a towering epic of stupidity, the astronauts confront a bunch of super-lame CGI aliens who hold hands and cry. The Big Brother housemates have almost squandered a quarter of a mil through sheer stupidity. Show More Sentences Shaking his head at the stupidity of his thoughts, he pulled the sword from its sheath and swung the blade experimentally. From the perspective of Russian strategists, this proposal smacks of incredible stupidity or even treachery. The most stupid miscreations of American stupidity, are puffed and forced upon the American people. My guess is that he's sick and tired of people trying to blame him for their own cruelty and stupidity. His movies seem to be replete with great ideas hampered by wild mood swings of stupidity or silliness. Yeah, some of my best friends are morons, yet somehow I still don't seem to tolerate your stupidity. His stupidity is of a far more complex and destructive type than pure simplemindedness. Unfortunately, in crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated. And most of all, there is the unaccountable cruelty, incompetence and stupidity of people. They say that stupidity in a woman is unfeminine, and letting an opponent know what you are thinking is more than stupid. A small proportion of people are stupid and hence don't get it but the criminal law is pretty much unforgiving of stupidity. It's the comments on this article that really got my goat, full of unhidden racism and blatant stupidity. Your editorial last week showed a naivety bordering on crass stupidity when you argued that smoking in pubs should be a matter of choice. Become inebriated, do not fight it, revel in the sheer joy of unmitigated excess and alcohol induced stupidity. This is satire, and it is the laughter of derision, the reaction to the stupidity and unreasonableness of the other's position. In it I expose the almost bovine stupidity of a famous Leftist psychologist who tries to pin authoritarianism onto conservatives. To allege unwariness or bewilderment in order to explain an act of love is hypocrisy, weakness and stupidity. Why should I suffer because of somebody's negligence, carelessness, stupidity or even a deliberate act on his or her part? I told him he was the bravest man I'd ever known, leaving out how his braveness usually crossed the line into pigheaded stupidity. His frequent absence of mind gave him an air of vacancy and even of stupidity. Show More Sentences I have been conducting an experiment aimed at analysing the intensifying silliness, stupidity and vacuousness of the world. The temptation is to wage war on stupidity as if it were a vanquishable object. But it is more tragic when someone dies because they have nowhere to go, than when only their own bullheaded stupidity is to blame. Well written, possibly, but for me it's my own place to vent my spleen at the general vacuity and stupidity of the world as I see it. It costs nothing to read this public display of stupidity that gives our country a bush league image. Your company is burning money, wasting it to no purpose other than stupidity and selfishness. So, again this supports my claim of cabovers disappearing due to stupidity. Let's analyze the stupidity of your comment to Jack below, where you called him a loser. And this refusal of the author to charge the people with their own stupidity and cupidity, this refusal of the people to own up and take responsibility, is symptomatic. As with John Hartson's dismissal in the Scottish Cup tie between these two sides last Monday, an errant Celtic player was guilty of rank stupidity. The fire station officer blasted the firebugs for their stupidity. I assure you that any reasonable and thinking person reading this contretemps of lazy writing and outright stupidity may just harbor suicidal thoughts. I was aghast and horrified at the extent of human stupidity, and chalked it up to a quickly passing fad that would be soon go the way of foot binding. Many modern directors feel obliged to pose as anti-intellectuals, adopting a facade of stupidity they are unable to carry off with any conviction. I cursed my stupidity as I took the tarry cauldron and whistled it clean. Half of me regrets my stupidity and feels frightened that I'll go to jail. Luckily for me, absolutely nobody saw this act of stupidity, except an entire busload of laughing, pointing schoolkids and a female work colleague. It is an old truth that lack of understanding and sheer stupidity are causing more harm and suffering in the world than wickedness and self-seeking. In a scene of utter and complete stupidity, totally unrealistic and outside the honesty and accuracy previously depicted, the movie just self-destructs. He laughed at my stupidity, tackled me and gave me a noogie. Show More Sentences My sister and I sat amazed at how unamazed he was at his own stupidity. But we don't need the sanctimonious scolding of a student newspaper editor to tell us voting for a party, any party, is a manifestation of our stupidity and ignorance. They are likewise reproved and threatened for their dulness and stupidity, and unaptness to profit by the instructions which the prophets gave them in God's name. The admiral laughed in spite of the stupidity of such reasoning. How is this for sheer stupidity, moral blindness and ingratitude? These are not the victims of natural cataclysms, these are the victims of human greed for power, violence, stupidity, and of man's destructive impulses. To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd. This is about television and the audience, both of which, on the evidence of these programmes, have descended over the past 40 years into a condition of unutterable stupidity. This little boy has nearly lost his life through somebody's stupidity. I dug my hands in further, pushing, cursing at the stupidity. The only thing that they are good at is showing their own stupidity. He hasn't just bent the rules in his stupidity but gloated as to the outcome which goes against all common principles of acceptable sportsmanship. But the surprising fact is that cultured and learned men not only do not notice it for themselves, but they contest every exposure of the harm and stupidity of patriotism with the greatest obstinacy and ardour, though without any rational grounds; and they continue to belaud it as beneficent and elevating. For them, a few idle asides excepted, America and its works amount to nothing but unbridled wickedness, a brief for gunplay, willful stupidity, and closed-mindedness. Crenshaw has spent long enough in the jug to know what he is talking about, but his crimes have always been those of stupidity rather than those of a hardened career criminal. In Britain, at least, stupidity seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut. It's the sheer stupidity and pointlessness of the game that bothers me. Insults to public intelligence and rank stupidity became commonplace. Please, let's not kill the spirit of the season with rank stupidity. Our denial and our politicians' stupidity have put us all in grave danger. Show More Sentences Having browsed through this book, you've probably realized that despite the noise, stink, stupidity and self-destructiveness of Planet Earth, it's not a bad place to vacation. An uneven album at best, there seems to be a schizophrenia at work, forcing them from heart-stopping beauty to clod-hopping stupidity and back again. Maybe these people have nothing else to do than listen to every radio station and speed-dial the shows to spew their venom or more often display their stupidity. For U.S. readers, the galah is a colourful Australian parrot that has become a byword for stupidity because of its suicidal behaviour on some occasions. User stupidity will probably one day bring the black box to cars. Some years back I wrote to Feedback highlighting the stupidity of placing so much reliance on 'renewables' and ignoring the nuclear option. I atrabiliously drew on my trousers, and grumbled furiously at the stupidity of my Highland valet. So put on your big-girl pants and own up to what you and your stupidity caused. One bozon is the exact amount of stupidity and lack of scientific knowledge needed to confuse joules with watts. It will not do to say that the Irish have a monopoly on stupidity, yet there have been times when I thought they nearly cornered the market. Her stupidity flabbergasts me, and I have to force myself to keep a straight face while she explains her beliefs. One of the telltale characteristics of hoplophobia is terminal stupidity. That's because hoplophobia is a mental illness. Antonia referred to him as a monster, and used him as a standard for stupidity. Whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation. The Boeotians, inhabitants of central Greece, whose credentials were impeccable, were routinely mocked for their stupidity and gluttony. Yesterday night, my mom told me to stop playing video games, lest I become a killer. Such prejudiced stupidity really rustled my jimmies. The real reason for most of these deaths are the stupidity of car drivers, who are in desperate need of a re-education of their driving skills. The Irish Times' chief pontificator has hidden his stupidity behind such brilliant rhetoric for so long. It's a film of jaw-dropping, throw your hands in the air, sweet Lordy mama stupidity, but it gets that second star for its topicality. Critics assailed brass hats for their stupidity, callousness, and chateau generalship. Show More Sentences I would be interested to hear from a council spokesman responsible for this stupidity, as they cannot give us the brush-off now. This perkiness translated into arrogance, carelessness and, ultimately, stupidity. Even with mind-boggling tawdriness and stupidity, our ex-President knows he still appears tantalizingly larger than life in a Democratic Party of political pygmies. Shen advises the ruler to keep his own counsel, hide his motivations and conceal his tracks in inaction, availing himself of an appearance of stupidity and insufficiency. After accepting that treasure is worthless, Brock laughs at his stupidity. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. And right often have I, the modern, been perturbed and vexed by the foolishness, illogic, obtuseness, and general all-round stupendous stupidity of myself, the primitive. I was miffed at Rick for his behavior. I was miffed at the coach, not for his naivete of deafness, but for his arrogance, which converted his ignorance to stupidity. Many giants in English folklore were noted for their stupidity. Dr David Raymond, who spent 45 years at the forefront of the campaign to find a medical cure for stupidity, hails from Folkestone and still resides in the town. And while it would be easy to put his latest bout of sexting and the fact he paid a stripper to have cybersex with him down to stupidity, it's actually worse than that. Examples from Classical Literature He was in the habit of condoning her cruelty by the thought of her stupidity. You struck the loftiest altitude of stupidity that human effort has ever reached. When they make up their ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy. But it was our inconsequentiality and stupidity that especially distresses me when I look back upon that life in the long ago. It's the stupidity that is derived from indifference, insensitivity and inconsideration. The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments of selfish passion, can excite little pity. Into the fellow's usually foxy eyes had come an expression of utter stupidity. At college he was notorious for his sleepiness and stupidity during the morning lectures and for his brilliance in the afternoon. It is stupidity alone, with never so many rituals, that kills religion. She tried to make talk but could say nothing, and after he had gone she was angry at herself for her stupidity. D'Artagnan looked at Porthos with that air of wonder which a cunning man cannot help feeling at displays of crass stupidity. He struck me as stupid, and yet the deftness with which he worked with his one hand seemed to belie his stupidity. Byron's personality, for instance, was terribly wasted in its battle with the stupidity, and hypocrisy, and Philistinism of the English. And so far as your stupidity is concerned, you are but the exemplar of your class. Sublime inspirations of science, astounding inconsequences of stupidity, are alike its portion. That is unfortunate, because he does provide compelling evidence of massive stupidity and of a Government guided by Machiavellian calculations of power. I was looking down at her, but she refrained from signalling because she could not see William, and irritated by her stupidity I went out and asked her how her mother was. In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. He may miss it through stupidity, or misinterpret it, but he is always asking beauty to enter his life, and I believe that in the end it will come. Find more words! 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