fool

Example Sentences

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According to history, betting against Microsoft’s stock over the longer term has been a fool’s errand.

From MarketWatch

Any child will recognize that the book’s nonreptilian characters are abominable role models: One is a fool, the other a liar.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

He later apologized on X, claiming he had "badly used the expression... in a metaphorical way to mean 'fooling around'".

From BBC

He hoped it wasn’t when they were rolling around in the grass laughing and making fools of themselves.

From Literature