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

Diomande's act of foolishness just put the tin hat on it.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

It’s our responsibility, then, to rectify this foolishness and shed light on the ways in which Los Angeles influences fashion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

The only fear was not of death, was not of the war, was of blind stupid human frailty, of blind proud foolishness that could lose it all.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara