fools

Example Sentences

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They have forsworn normalcy, these holy fools in decaying mansions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“Tony doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and he won’t play along with the kind of thing where you hang out with the right industry people,” says Hues.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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 • Feb. 6, 2026

“They were terrible, sir! Thumb-fingered fools, the lot of them!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham