silliness

Example Sentences

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"Silliness is definitely good and to be celebrated in this band - and perfection doesn't matter," she laughs.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

‘The Annual One-Time Only New Year’s Eve Musical Revue’ Silliness reigns supreme as this long-lived and family-friendly NYE variety show returns for another year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2022

Silliness in our movements, behavior and even language helps us think much more broadly and creatively.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2021

Silliness like this muffles the serious issues Ross also addresses, most connected to a plot strand tracing the orange graffiti springing up across Popisho to expose wrongdoing by Intiasar and others.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2021

Joscelyn: Silliness in stories is more or less excusable, since they are not even supposed to be believed.

From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor