foolishly

Example Sentences

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Pearl Harbor put an end to all that when Hitler foolishly declared war on the United States four days after the Japanese attack.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

"The munitions issue has been foolishly and unhelpfully overstated," he said.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Expanding the trend will look foolishly dangerous in hindsight, whatever short-term ease on energy prices there is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The Bregenz Festival’s fate, it has just learned, is that its government funding for next summer will be foolishly cut by 30%, around $3 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Hence the virus was intentionally introduced to Australia in 1950 in the hopes of ridding the continent of its plague of European rabbits, foolishly introduced in the nineteenth century.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond