DUNCE in a Sentence

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In a school carried on by sheer cruelty, whether it is presided over by a dunce or not, there is not likely to be much learnt.

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 Meanings and Examples of DUNCE
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dunce
 n.  backward in book learning; child or other person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
Classic Sentence:
1  In a school carried on by sheer cruelty, whether it is presided over by a dunce or not, there is not likely to be much learnt.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
2  Stephen listened to them in some wonderment for Boland was the dunce and Nash the idler of the class.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  It is very impolite to call others a dunce.