foolishness

Example Sentences

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Was it a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

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

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

“Under Paris” fares far better, turning the foolishness dial up so far it breaks.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

I recall them strewn across my path, golden and glittering, on the way to school and curse my foolishness for not stopping to eat my fill.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black