tomfool

Example Sentences

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Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

I've been dared into a lot of tomfool things in my day.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.

"Before we go any further," said Megger rudely, "I don't share your tomfool ideas about the rogue!"

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

"Don't do that tomfool thing again!" the old man shouted, and Johnny, clasping his recovered ball, grinned at him.

From An Old Chester Secret by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

“You are talking tomfool nonsense,” he said, scowling.

From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins