fool

Example Sentences

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Even a fool could read the determination on the Bruins’ faces as they roared back from a 39-31 halftime deficit; they’d come so far together, but they so badly wanted to go further.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Produced by Spanish musician El Guincho - responsible for cutting-edge tracks by Rosalía and Charli XCX - it finds the band returning to their roots and "acting the fool again", while asserting their global dominance.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

If being cheap means that you don’t understand how you should enjoy every pleasure in life, materially, that you’re capable of having—if you don’t experience that, you’re a fool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Mutti was furious too, and called him ein Dummkopf—in English this means a fool, or a fathead.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo