foolishness

Example Sentences

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She expected to endure a few minutes of foolishness with the Fox girls and be in bed before nine.

From Literature

She eyed me, and again, I felt that she could see right down inside me, to the foolishness and greed that had gotten me into so much trouble.

From Literature

Was it a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?

From Los Angeles Times

And what he sees, Page argues, is our own reflection — humanity, in all its fractured and flailing self-destructive foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times

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