folly

Example Sentences

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What follows is a sometimes frustrating, often hilarious hodgepodge of observations about the innate folly of living in a world where treating employees with basic respect is seen as optional.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Gomez added that while attempts to pull licenses border on folly, Carr’s threats and attacks on the media can create a chilling effect and erode the public’s confidence in the press.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Ms. Allen concedes their regionalism but argues that they were wiser for understanding that a “provincial backwater offers as full a panoply of human folly, nobility, tragedy, and absurdity as any great metropolis.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

It would be folly not to look at the opportunity cost of taking that $45,000 from your IRA.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Here was a strange but true fact: The closer you were to the market, the harder it was to perceive its folly.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis