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Examples of foolishness in a Sentence
the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth
couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness, so I told them to be quiet
Recent Examples on the Web
This is fiscal foolishness that, if completed, will likely leave us with an obsolete system in a brave new world.
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Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Any idiot with the patience and the budget to allow such foolishness can do it.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Mariam, distraught by her mother’s foolishness, finds solace in a secret romance with a fellow student, Asad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Operation Lone Star critics say the governor’s heavy-handed approach is more performance art and foolishness than practical.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Some remain hopelessly stuck in a loop of infantile foolishness.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
She was incensed by the foolishness and incompetence of the men running the nation and believed that women were better suited to solve America’s problems.
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
No sense of some torturous inner dialogue pulling him from the foolishness of this game show.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
The problem, as ever with Trump, is that the performative foolishness serves only to divert attention from the real and serious consequences of the Republican Party’s decision to get behind the defeated ex-President for another go at the White House.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Any idiot with the patience and the budget to allow such foolishness can do it.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Mariam, distraught by her mother’s foolishness, finds solace in a secret romance with a fellow student, Asad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Operation Lone Star critics say the governor’s heavy-handed approach is more performance art and foolishness than practical.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Some remain hopelessly stuck in a loop of infantile foolishness.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
She was incensed by the foolishness and incompetence of the men running the nation and believed that women were better suited to solve America’s problems.
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
No sense of some torturous inner dialogue pulling him from the foolishness of this game show.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
The problem, as ever with Trump, is that the performative foolishness serves only to divert attention from the real and serious consequences of the Republican Party’s decision to get behind the defeated ex-President for another go at the White House.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Foolishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foolishness. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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