Explore Dopey through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like foolish or goosey. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dopey in a sentence
Dopey meaning
Stupid, silly.
Using Dopey
- The main meaning on this page is: Stupid, silly.
- Useful related words include: anserine, dopy, foolish, goosey.
- In the example corpus, dopey often appears in combinations such as: dopey and, the dopey, dopey but.
Context around Dopey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dopey
- In this selection, "dopey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surfaces, slow, clumsy, cary, laneeconomist and esg stand out and add context to how "dopey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all those dopey esg mandates and an extremely dopey internal slogan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dopey" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dopey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
European cannabis legalisation moves into the slow-dopey laneeconomist. (9 words)
According to the family, Winter displays the typical Ragdoll characteristics of being “placid and dopey”. (15 words)
Speaking of dopey, one of the best sketches of the night was unequivocally the most low-brow. (17 words)
However, as he was given permission to enter the school by the dopey guards I would have thought he would be in the clear when it comes to trespass: but of course he will be found guilty in Japan nevertheless. (40 words)
A show this gentle and diffuse only works if all the performances have a strong gravitational pull, and the show lives and dies on Wyatt Russell’s ability to give the dopey but loyal Dud enough grounding. (37 words)
If Armageddonists were right about the environment in pushing all those dopey ESG mandates, the East River would be covering Manhattan and I wouldn’t be hosting a dinner at Elio’s this week. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Folks gather around to watch woolly bears predict the weather (fun, but dopey) and race across stone surfaces (dopey, but fun).
But when loneliness gets the better of him, he downloads Grindr and meets up with the dopey Cary (William A. Williams).
European cannabis legalisation moves into the slow-dopey laneeconomist.
However, Elmer is clumsy, dopey, and unlucky, resulting in him being unable to ever catch Bugs, and usually injuring himself in the process.
If Armageddonists were right about the environment in pushing all those dopey ESG mandates, the East River would be covering Manhattan and I wouldn’t be hosting a dinner at Elio’s this week.
Rachel Zegler is pictured as Snow White, surrounded by “magical creatures” Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Happy, Sleepy and Doc.
Though Asha's seven friends didn't resemble the quirky miners from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, they distinctly had the personalities of those like Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, and the rest.
According to the family, Winter displays the typical Ragdoll characteristics of being “placid and dopey”.
Suffice to say, the comedic actor beloved for his dopey sidekicks in the Cornetto trilogy chucks away charm to relish being a rotten baddie here.
Doc, Grumpy, Dopey, and all the rest are much more memorable than Snow White could hope to be.
Dopey Darren Brown, 31, approached officers dealing with a firearms incident while clutching freezer bags that he was using to store the drug.
From creator Matt Groening, tells of the misadventures of Philip J. Fry, a mild-mannered, dopey 20th-century man, and his interactions with the future after he accidentally cryogenically freezes himself for 1000 years.
If you thought these sales goals would be accompanied by an extremely dopey internal slogan, you’d be right.
The fact that we have some dopey know-it-all in the WH who has screwed up a response to a threat that is monumental and for which we had ample warning to prepare.
And it means it’s time to trash those dopey, flimsy, plastic shades you’ve had for the past couple of summers, because your style has matured.
He's best known for playing dopey Barry Evans in EastEnders, but Shaun Williamson proved he's much sharper than his on-screen persona when appearing on The Chase.
However, as he was given permission to enter the school by the dopey guards I would have thought he would be in the clear when it comes to trespass: but of course he will be found guilty in Japan nevertheless.
A show this gentle and diffuse only works if all the performances have a strong gravitational pull, and the show lives and dies on Wyatt Russell’s ability to give the dopey but loyal Dud enough grounding.
Speaking of dopey, one of the best sketches of the night was unequivocally the most low-brow.
The most dopey fans I’ve seen so far are the ones wearing their Barry Sanders jerseys sitting there wondering if their team will ever learn how to play football.
Common combinations with dopey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dopey and 4×
- the dopey 3×
- dopey but 2×
- those dopey 2×
- of dopey 2×