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“Can I ask you a silly question: Did you hit your head? Can you turn your neck?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

So do the animal-shaped wool carpets that riff on traditional skin rugs by using vegetarian-friendly materials to create colorful, flattened creatures: a fiery, spotted cheetah; a purple-striped dodo; a particularly silly mammoth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I actually found it much easier than writing songs about myself. Having the permission to be silly and bratty was so freeing,” Hart said to The Quietus, discussing composing from Lestat’s perspective.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Every summer, lawns fill with colorful "silly sprinklers," whose looping and twisting tubes send water spraying in unusual patterns.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

But anything I thought of sounded silly, even in my head.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The worst outcome I could imagine was a case of the sillies, sleepies, or munchies.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

Chilly weather brought out the sillies in our giant panda cub, who showed off his somersault style.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023

Though once is enough for me, I promise not to find that any more offensive than those flag-decorated pubs full of World Cup sillies.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010

If you are the parent of a preschooler, suffice it to say that Raffi, in the throes of middle age, is shaking his sillies out.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh, you sillies, it’s just that the power is out. Your eyes still work fine.”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

So expect him to get even sillier as he eases into his second year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The awards, which celebrate the sillier side of science, have held raucous ceremonies that see the winners showered with paper aeroplanes at universities in Massachusetts since 1991.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

It’s all the sillier because—to risk taking the president’s goals at face value—there is a way to put lots of American men to work with their hands.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2025

The sketches were sillier than usual but very much in a vibe with Black’s comedic rhythms and willingness to simply go for it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025

Kids who will probably have sillier questions than Junaid's.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

From the very beginning, he would take the most negative reviews or the silliest things from standards of practice and post them for everyone.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Salmon,” I ask this morning, “can you tell me in your silliest voice what you want in your lunch?”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

"I took the silliest fall that ultimately resulted in me dislocating my shoulder," Kim said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

It was the silliest episode so far this season, and by some miracle, just about every sketch in the episode worked, at least on a basic comedic level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2025

A reporter crowed, “It has become a settled fact that Burr’s and the Buffalo doctors’ theories are the silliest humbugs of the day.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock