How to Use duffer in a Sentence

duffer

noun

• We joined the other duffers at the course.
• He's a lovable old duffer.
• The world #1 has a physique atypical for a weekend duffer -- hence all the hullabaloo.
  — David Close, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
• Trump is the unmasked duffer clutching the wheel of a golf cart, zipping over knolls while his caddie — also unmasked — hangs off the back.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• Like a duffer teeing off into a stiff wind, startups that want to sell to the golf industry face a few challenges.
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
• Chalamet is okay for Laurie’s teenaged phase, and Gerwig has every right to make Bhaer a little hotter than the middle-aged duffer in the book.
  — Ross Douthat, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
• A third type, largely written by former staff writers at Sports Illustrated or Esquire, tells the duffer’s side of things.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times, 14 June 2016
• Just as every country club duffer envisions himself on the back nine at The Masters, most weekend anglers have at some point fancied the idea of making a living fishing for bass.
  — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2020
• Serious golfers, casual duffers and spectators are excited about the new sports entertainment complex -- which has a driving range, full restaurant and a two-story television in the bar area -- located at 5820 Rockside Woods Blvd.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2020
• Minutes after his round on Saturday, Spieth’s deliberations on this routine golf conundrum would sound familiar to any weekend duffer.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 17 June 2017

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