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

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

She promptly fell into the snare which had been set for her with the evil intention of leading her on to talk foolishly.

From Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"Come, come, calm yourself; speak with moderation and common sense, and don't talk foolishly."

From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan

We should like to learn to read and work like the English ladies; but we have nothing to do, and so we are accustomed to be idle, and to talk foolishly.

From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee