foolishness

Example Sentences

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Was it a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Motherhood has made Slate gentler on herself, sloughing off feelings of foolishness, self-criticism and self-doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

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

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Fold that talent into any decent parody of mediocre psychological thrillers, and ideally all we’d have to do is sit back and watch everyone alchemize TV movie tin into gold medal foolishness.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2022

“I’ve been thinking about this all backward,” he said, shaking his head at his own foolishness.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss