foolishly
Example Sentences
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I foolishly bought a brand new Toyota 4Runner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Pearl Harbor put an end to all that when Hitler foolishly declared war on the United States four days after the Japanese attack.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
"The munitions issue has been foolishly and unhelpfully overstated," he said.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
"My eldest son, who is a fitness instructor, asked me if I fancied doing this competition with him and I foolishly said yes," Carole told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
On every kind of pretext she would run away from work and go to the drinking pool, where she would stand foolishly gazing at her own reflection in the water.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
