fooling

Example Sentences

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Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate • May 11, 2026

He often moves his body in a way that looks like he is going to pass to one team-mate, before passing it to the spare man after fooling the defenders.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

She’s been fooling around on the drums and has had the idea to form a rock band to play at a local talent show, “for a laugh.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Vance is fooling himself if he thinks the foundation for electoral success is the sea of bitter online men who blame feminism for all their personal problems.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

The usual way this happened was that the teacher on playground duty inspected the lines, told off anyone who was talking or fooling around, and dismissed the classes one at a time.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman