BUFFOON in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for BUFFOON, such as:

1. And populaces, like tyrants, require buffoons.
2. He was the buffoon, who went by a woman's name, Nastasya Ivanovna.
3. Nastasya Ivanovna the buffoon sat with a sad face at the window with two old ladies.
4. She said and felt at that time that no man was more to her than Nastasya Ivanovna, the buffoon.
5. In short, he entirely sacrificed every appearance of the warrior to the masquerade of a buffoon.

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 Meanings and Examples of BUFFOON
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buffoon
 n.  one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
Classic Sentence:
1  Natasha looked joyfully at the familiar face of Pierre, "the buffoon," as Peronskaya had called him, and knew he was looking for them, and for her in particular.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XV
2  He was the buffoon, who went by a woman's name, Nastasya Ivanovna.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV
3  Nastasya Ivanovna the buffoon sat with a sad face at the window with two old ladies.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX
4  "Why, fleas, crickets, grasshoppers," answered the buffoon.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX
5  She said and felt at that time that no man was more to her than Nastasya Ivanovna, the buffoon.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XVII
6  No one found more opportunities for attacking, no one captured or killed more Frenchmen, and consequently he was made the buffoon of all the Cossacks and hussars and willingly accepted that role.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER V
7  In short, he entirely sacrificed every appearance of the warrior to the masquerade of a buffoon.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
8  Really, if you looked closely at Clifford, he was a buffoon, and a buffoon is more humiliating than a bounder.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  One of them is a hero, another a buffoon, another a humbug, another perhaps a bit of a blackguard.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
10  And populaces, like tyrants, require buffoons.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
Example Sentence:
1  This buffoon is the most self-centered idiot I have ever seen or heard.
2  In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey's buffoonery was hilarious: like Bozo the Clown, he's a natural buffoon.