fool

Example Sentences

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As master of disguise, Zandrya takes a different form each time she appears in an episode — the better to fool Sofia and get her hands on the magic amulet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"I gave them $38 million of essentially free funding which they then used to create an $800 billion for-profit company. I literally was a fool," Musk told the court Wednesday, before cross-examination began.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

In Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” buffoonish actors play “the pedant, the braggart, the hedge priest, the fool, and the boy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The actor says that if he were to fail in the role he would "look like a fool" - but he didn't want to let the fear of what people might think stop him.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Now he looked like a proper fool in front of Clara.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny