- present tense form of fool (3rd person singular).
fools
Example Sentences
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"We are being made to look like fools," he added on X.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
“Tony doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and he won’t play along with the kind of thing where you hang out with the right industry people,” says Hues.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
“Which will do nothing to stop a thousand fools from digging up the rest of the island once they hear what he was after,” Miss Maggie said.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
