Example sentences for: simpleton

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

  • In the whimsical-ponderous epic Forrest Gump , Zemeckis made a saint out of a simpleton who was essentially a 5-year-old in a man's body.

  • In standard Spanish, bato means “simpleton” or “foolish fellow,” and it has been in use in rural areas of New Mexico since the seventeenth century.

  • Tommyrot compounds tommy, `simpleton, fool' (as in tomfoolery ) and rot, `worthless matter.

  • Reviewers praise its evenhanded take on his policies as well as his personality: He's said to have been both intellectual simpleton and political master.

  • The amazing truth, which I take it you accept, is that it is Morris and not Reagan who is the political simpleton.


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