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Buffoonery in a sentence
Buffoonery meaning
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
Synonyms of Buffoonery
Using Buffoonery
- The main meaning on this page is: The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
- Useful related words include: clowning, lunacy, craziness, tomfoolery.
- In the example corpus, buffoonery often appears in combinations such as: of buffoonery, buffoonery of, and buffoonery.
Context around Buffoonery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buffoonery
- In this selection, "buffoonery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, callous, sanctioned, fisted and william stand out and add context to how "buffoonery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include authoritarianism and buffoonery and decency to buffoonery. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buffoonery" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buffoonery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That's some 'thanks Obama' commercial level of buffoonery. (9 words)
Get ready for the sight of two Jim Carreys engaging in sanctioned buffoonery. (13 words)
It hasn’t taken long for this country to slip from decency to buffoonery. (14 words)
In light of an endorsement of Boris Johnson's buffoonery and a slow response to Donald Trump's racism, New Zealand's leading politicians need to lift their game on the world stage, Prof Patman says. (36 words)
Surely, some of it has to do with the fact that a generation of creative people have funneled their talent to the core tenets of buffoonery, rather than pursuing more orthodox avenues of stage performance. (35 words)
I find it amazing that PragerU does not have one Black person in leadership but have plenty of Blacks that they pay to entertain white folks with all kinds of buffoonery, but I digress. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
I find it amazing that PragerU does not have one Black person in leadership but have plenty of Blacks that they pay to entertain white folks with all kinds of buffoonery, but I digress.
The callous buffoonery of Boris Johnson as thousands died during the worst of the pandemic.
Get ready for the sight of two Jim Carreys engaging in sanctioned buffoonery.
Surely, some of it has to do with the fact that a generation of creative people have funneled their talent to the core tenets of buffoonery, rather than pursuing more orthodox avenues of stage performance.
The Dodgers had been owned by the tight-fisted buffoonery of Frank and Jamie McCourt.
A second significant concern is the authoritarian posture and rhetoric of ministers like Bheki Cele and Fikile Mbalula, both of whom have a history of authoritarianism and buffoonery.
Everyone understands the campy, over-the-top excitement assignment, especially Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey, who deliver high-level performances of pure buffoonery as villains Two-Face and The Riddler, respectively.
The author, who wrote the book on Mr Trump in 2016, earlier hit out at the president by calling him a “loser” and his act of refusal to accept defeat as “buffoonery”.
As mayor of London, a position he held for eight years until 2016, Johnson was lampooned by the media for his buffoonery.
In light of an endorsement of Boris Johnson's buffoonery and a slow response to Donald Trump's racism, New Zealand's leading politicians need to lift their game on the world stage, Prof Patman says.
That's some 'thanks Obama' commercial level of buffoonery.
It hasn’t taken long for this country to slip from decency to buffoonery.
It is the blatant buffoonery of the brochure that cockles the warmth of my cold soles.
Tamar Braxton said “We were not interested in fighting or buffoonery, that’s not what we do.
Ziegler, p. 227. Though he had a reputation for tactlessness and buffoonery, William could be shrewd and diplomatic.
Common combinations with buffoonery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of buffoonery 3×
- buffoonery of 3×
- and buffoonery 2×