How to Use cretin in a Sentence

cretin

noun

• Do not let cretins get away with personal attacks of the Howard Stern kind.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• And while it might be loaded with technology, it has been tamed to serve the story - even if the humans in it are a bunch of cretins.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
• Anyone who saw pictures of that kid lying on the pavement with all the bullet wounds and did not feel a tinge of empathy is a cretin.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• However, these noose placing cretins have been able to move about and do their dastardly, not to mention cowardly, acts with no repercussion thus far.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 18 June 2017
• Likewise with these absolute cretins who find out your true love has ALS and then proceed to lecture you on leaving him immediately.
  — Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 9 Aug. 2017
• Embodied by a deadpanning Brade Bradshaw, the teacher warns us not to expect much from the night’s show, while simultaneously making clear that the kids are cretins and monsters.
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2018
• But while the New Yorker focused its ire on the execrable Gateway Pundit, that particular cretin hasn’t been given a single question.
  — Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine, 10 Apr. 2017
• Yes, there are nooses hanging all over America, and some little cretins decided to use one, unfortunately.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 10 Sep. 2017
• But though Newman albums are often populated by cretins and creeps, those real SOBs are usually imbued with some level of empathy by their creator.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• There are troubles on the professional front as well, including some awful meetings with the dynamic and innovative crew of young cretins who seem to have taken over the operations of Nathalie’s longtime publisher.
  — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2016
• Compared to working for that little cretin Snyder, the Bengals are positively aspirational.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• Sandy Hook Elementary School was razed and rebuilt but conspiracy mongers, cretins, and potential copycats continue to feed their malignant imaginations.
  — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019

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