Example sentences for: dumbed

How can you use “dumbed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A few months ago, James Traub, assessing the impact of Gardner's theory in the New Republic , charged that the multiple-intelligence movement has dumbed down the curriculum in many schools.

  • Also, the conglomerates are accused of having dumbed down books, publishing titles that may be more easily adapted by their Hollywood subsidiaries.

  • At a time when most pop best sellers seem dumbed down to please a focus group, Cornwell is a rarity: a writer with a vivid, at times even freakishly messy, personality.

  • Anderson shepherded his new film into theaters without letting it be dumbed down, proving that he can protect his work from rank Hollywood commercialism.

  • The Enquirer maintains that Gore's adherence to the Atkins diet has "dumbed him down" and "impacted his thought processes": The avowed environmentalist is eating steak and recently approved a resumption of whaling.


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