follies
Example Sentences
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In an essay for this year's Proms programme, he admitted that some of the genre's "excesses and follies can seem silly" to a modern eye, while insisting the genre shouldn't be written off.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
He understands the capacity for human goodness, and even if his adversaries don’t see that virtue within themselves, Paddington’s follies have a way of drawing it out of them.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
Ser Barristan had not forgotten the follies of his own youth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
