tomfoolery
Example Sentences
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Lacking immediate options, Bea succumbs to Christy’s latest tomfoolery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
He chalked up the incident as “a case where the skylarking and tomfoolery in an employment context has gone awry.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
He told the court this was a case of "skylarking and tomfoolery" that had "gone awry".
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
Local reporting provides what social media tomfoolery and the rumor mill do not.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Seemed like a bunch of tomfoolery to me.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
