talk foolishly
Example Sentences
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“I tell you that you talk foolishly, woman,” Mr. Rodriguez said.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
Do not jest or talk foolishly, but have a sound speech.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
“Don’t talk foolishly, Tom!” exclaimed the girl, getting back some of her usual good sense.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.
Mission school-girls, feeling themselves secure on the mission premises, sometimes in their school-girl talk foolishly made disparaging remarks about it.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill
