fatuity

Example Sentences

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Their success must reveal the home game’s essential fatuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

He was delightful on Friday, even without having to rescue the rest of the performance from any depths of fatuity.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2018

He won a World Cup single-handedly, then plunged himself into the kind of excess and fatuity that only a national hero could feel he deserved.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2016

That’s a complaint of the most glorious fatuity.

From Forbes • Jul. 11, 2014

I learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations; and that fatuity and shortsightedness make one go around in circles, seemingly unaware of the many opportunities for escape.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane