fools

Example Sentences

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"We are being made to look like fools," he added on X.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Yet of course, like fools, once again we tried.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

“That Elias Hasket Derby! Of all the stubborn fools that ever...I wouldn’t command the Henry if he gave her to me!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham