folly

Example Sentences

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Yet, “Pretty Lethal” is packed with run-don’t-walk folly that demands to be seen to be believed — if only to throw up your hands and say, “I guess!”

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Though his acidic sense of humour -- criticised as condescending by some -- is evident throughout, Parr's 180 photographs also amount to a portrait of human folly and environmental destruction.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It would be folly not to look at the opportunity cost of taking that $45,000 from your IRA.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

There are always dissidents, but it took a pair of Israeli psychologists—Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky—to finally make it impossible for economists to ignore human folly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

If the initial thrill of discovery had been allowed to wear off, surely he would have seen his folly, even naïve as he was.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor