A simple-minded argument. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Newsweek described him as “fighting mad,” tired of “being characterized as a simple-minded has-been.”. From Wordnik.com. [Going Home to Glory] Reference
For we are simple-minded creatures, and prone to superstition. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
They have a simple-minded simplicity that anyone can understand. From Wordnik.com. [The K-Factor] Reference
"He was a simple-minded old soul!" replied the Judge, pleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
A grave responsibility rested upon these simple-minded sons of the. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
It's a simple-minded truism that big-time sports is now big business. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Pros: Come Figure] Reference
Germany awakened a lively interest in this community of simple-minded. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Gordon says, "I could not but like this poor simple-minded peasantry.". From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
His simple-minded mother bore testimony to his joy at discovering those. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Kuklux and was simple-minded enough not to fully credit their existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Fortunately, though a Goliath in strength, he is as simple-minded and joyous as a child. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
Reformer, and the simple-minded, homely, old-fashioned Englishman whom we all love so well. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Gwen shook her head and sighed, for she knew the world better than simple-minded Agatha did. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
There's no substitute for disciplined repetition in dealing with simple-minded hyperpartisans. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Obama Struggles With Fear of "Third World America" Amidst Media and Bandwidth Challenges] Reference
Hunting, trapping, and fishing constituted the sole business of the simple-minded inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
The fellow was so simple-minded that Mrs. Fairbanks pitied him, and, observing this, Ralph said. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
'Is it so? you're right,' the simple-minded boatman replied; 'no more smuggling after this day for me!'. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
The simple-minded girl did as he told her, and taking a small pitcher in her hand went to the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
The captain extended his hand, and, like the straightforward, simple-minded gentleman he is, said only. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Because he didn't talk for about a year after he found the bodies, most people thought he was simple-minded. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Place on Earth] Reference
His simplicity, his devotion to simplicity, but not simple-minded, you know, it's very sophisticated simplicity. From Wordnik.com. [Copland: Early Music From America's Composer] Reference
It could legitimize sanity and put a lid on the forces of simple-minded righteousness in politics and government. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Koehler: Stoned on Righteousness] Reference
Major Lambart's report speaks more eloquently than many descriptions as to the character of the "simple-minded Boer.". From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
And it showed that Corson Vanderwiller, even if he was simple-minded, possessed one of the great human virtues, gratitude. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
In America, Democrats still regard him as a simple-minded, court-appointed usurper who gave the nation a bum's rush to Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Less Rain In The Forecast] Reference
I'm 20 years old, but when I speak to U.S. citizens twice as old as I am, I find them simple-minded in international affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Best #5: JOEY (NBC) Ten years ago who would have thought that simple-minded Joey Tribbiani would be the friend who got the spinoff?. From Wordnik.com. [MUST SEE OF MUST FLEE?] Reference
"I don't believe Holfax would betray us knowingly, but he is simple-minded, and a scoundrel like Zank may have wormed it out of him.". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska] Reference
In fact, independence is increasingly the American way, a growing political preference among voters weary of simple-minded partisanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey Of 'Jeezum Jim'] Reference
In as few words as possible I told him my story, interrupted by many exclamations of wonder and sympathy from my simple-minded listener. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
They look like simple-minded farmers, and yet they are all devils who have put on the guise of men in order to be able to take us unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
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