foolishness

Example Sentences

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And what he sees, Page argues, is our own reflection — humanity, in all its fractured and flailing self-destructive foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Mr. Clooney has never had a better role, and he burrows deeply into it with a self-interrogating combination of narcissism, foolishness, bravado and charisma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

But even if a sketch doesn’t quite work, you could rest in knowing its discomfort is temporary, with the irritant or foolishness changing every few minutes.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Lucky indeed, thought Mrs. Frisby; if it had not been for your foolishness, I’d never have gotten into such a scrape.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien