follies
Example Sentences
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People forget about past follies, either by choice and/or because they’re distracted by the next shiny thing.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
The follies of the living were more than enough to keep him occupied.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
Agency veterans of the 9/11 era had recognized its follies and revamped the training in an effort to prevent similar intelligence failures in the future.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
It was true that he had never fully lost himself in another person to such an extent as to forget himself; he had never undergone the follies of love for another person.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
