fool

Example Sentences

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The transition was rough for Ansari, who wasn’t fluent in English and often got in trouble for fooling around in school.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, depth would only get in the way of the plot, which is primarily concerned with fooling you and fooling you again.

From Los Angeles Times

"I would be a fool to install it without the payment being made, and I am not a fool," says Cottrill, 73, who says he is still owed around $92,000.

From Barron's

Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.

From MarketWatch

Others said that it was wrong to fool with nature.

From Literature