follies
Example Sentences
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People forget about past follies, either by choice and/or because they’re distracted by the next shiny thing.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
The follies of the living were more than enough to keep him occupied.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
The house is surrounded by 25 acres of grounds featuring cottages, a large greenhouse, walled garden, follies, a fountain and a croquet lawn.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
Moreover, Siddhartha’s sympathy and curiosity lay only with people, whose work, troubles, pleasures and follies were more unknown and remote from him than the moon.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
