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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All they want is an imbecile to follow them around-a pull toy.
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And then, me playing an imbecile and looking like one, and she said I'd never be the same again.
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Despite appearances to the contrary, he had to presume that Gordon was not a total imbecile .
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If he hadn't adored her he would have treated her as a credulous imbecile .
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It serves only to put their comparison with human imbeciles in proper perspective.
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She'd been incarcerated for thirty years or so, poor imbecile .
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The comparison with human imbeciles can serve to show animals in a more creditable light.