“And yet this myth of the destructive editor, the dolt with the blue pencil, is pervasive, not least in academe.”

“Politicians have failed to arrive at this basic long-term cure for the disease of doltishness in society.”

“Rushworth, who marries Maria, is a dolt cut from the same cloth as Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, but his very doltishness makes him fun to read about.”

“Snipping away the doltishness, we find this flattering portrait.”

“No riders seemed to have gone down as a result of those knuckle-dragging dolts.”

“Then I realized that the the form of the final copy was sometimes dictated by unsophisticated dolts.”

“They are sleazy, doped-up debs unable to control their desire to be wantonly worked over by drooling dolts.”