foolishness

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Salon • Jun. 8, 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 eyed me, and again, I felt that she could see right down inside me, to the foolishness and greed that had gotten me into so much trouble.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff