foolishness
Example Sentences
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Was it a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
They focused instead on human experience as it unfolds, moment by uncertain moment, capturing everyday foibles, errors and foolishness in the face of quotidian ruthlessness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Mr. Clooney has never had a better role, and he burrows deeply into it with a self-interrogating combination of narcissism, foolishness, bravado and charisma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Diomande's act of foolishness just put the tin hat on it.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
Grandpa told her to quit the foolishness and cut the cake.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
