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

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

It’s difficult not to dwell on just how clownish our current reality has become while witnessing the absolute foolishness of this spectacle.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 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

She doted on her sons, watched over them carefully, and made it her business to keep them away from sin and foolishness.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown