foolishness

Example Sentences

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They focused instead on human experience as it unfolds, moment by uncertain moment, capturing everyday foibles, errors and foolishness in the face of quotidian ruthlessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Part of it is working through lifelong, longstanding feelings of “I’m a fool and my foolishness is going to make people incredibly angry with me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025

That a police officer would make such a claim is the height of comedy and foolishness.

From Salon • May 14, 2024

She said they were "light-hearted" pictures, adding: "What he did was nothing more sinister than immature foolishness."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

She eyed me, and again, I felt that she could see right down inside me, to the foolishness and greed that had gotten me into so much trouble.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff