silliness
Example Sentences
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When Thoreau spews nonsense, such as men, “like the earth, revolve mainly from west to east, and so are flattened at the poles,” let’s call the silliness by its real name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s important only because “Wrong Girls” has the pinpoint silliness of soulmates who spend a lot of time goofing around at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw declared, external that Zendaya "saves this film" from "silliness and the generic déjà vu overfamiliarity that is always threatening to sink it".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
On the literal opposite end of the spectrum is “Nirvanna the Band the Show,” which ran on Viceland back in 2017 and just dropped two seasons’ worth of silliness.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
When Hailey’s Comet reappears in 1986,1 wonder what political leaders will fear the apparition, what other silliness will then be upon us.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
