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Sentence Examples That's right, it's also the conceptual common denominator to this amusement-park ride through fast-forward, funkadelic foolishness. People enjoyed laughing at the foolishness of spoiled young men being outwitted by card sharps. Shorthand may serve useful purposes, but when combined with short attention spans, it's foolishness bordering on fraud. His skald, Thorkell, wrote a telling lamentation for his dead master, which given the foolishness of his actions does not seem truly deserved. You do not have to accept blame or responsibility for the foolishness or unperceptiveness of those who visit your blog. Adam had untied the stallion and was trying to get his foot up into the stirrup while the horse was trying all kinds of foolishness to stop him. Galton was confident the figures would confirm his view of popular foolishness. Inwardly angry at his own foolishness, he stepped out of his hiding dropping all pretence of concealment. It cries out to be exploited as a grand folly, an emblem of muddle, hype and plain foolishness with enormous entertainment potential. She prefers to take her time and to enjoy Harry's foolishness, watching from a distance, and that's exactly what she did. For all its foolishness, though, the Midas myth contains neither death nor destruction. There is more foolishness, more cowardly hearts, less courage, lack of appreciation and gratitude and less politeness. The inevitable thoughts of his foolishness returned to him, no matter how optimistic he tried to be. He is an extraordinary amalgam of intelligence and foolishness, wisdom and innocence, grace and gaucherie, charm and histrionic offensiveness. Aren't those who shake their heads at our foolishness and naivete more deserving of the label? Alcohol impairs the senses, and people do all sorts of foolishness on the road when they drink and drive. The industry is so ripe with foolishness, pretensions and self-loathing that nothing can be said or done to make it appear even more foolish. The opposite of high intellect is dullness or slowness, but the opposite of wisdom is foolishness, which is far more dangerous. Three particular decisions made by Government are breathtaking in their foolishness. Without the demonstrability of foolishness, there would be no hope for human progress. Show More Sentences Barth had the foolishness and rashness of the child that he was, quick to anger, slow to forgive, filled to the brim with pointless pride. And this is why most sensible men will have no truck with such foolishness. Whose foolishness or benightedness is Peter referring to in this and in the following nocturnes of Dresden's historic architecture? You must be relatively sober or they'll discount the act as drunken foolishness. The four main hobbits were pretty good, although the foolishness of Pippin gets rather tiresome. The scale rewards honor, chivalry and courage, but also deducts for blatant foolishness and sheer idiocy. He is patently too self-conscious, too overwhelmed by the self-evident foolishness of the whole business. Controls are needed because of the immaturity and foolishness of children, but also because of the natural tendency for rebellion. I find that the foolishness and inaccuracy of some anti-drug ads ruins the effectiveness of accurate programs to promote heathy decisions. It doesn't excuse the divisiveness or foolishness of austerity, but it will be very popular. This is foolishness, the very idea of mentioning it brings up the fact that this is a fairly arbitrary type of number. I think it's time we cut out the foolishness and sat down and worked out our differences collectively. However, in this case, I do not believe that it is simply an old man's foolishness. Coming from children, it might just seem like foolishness, but still it affected me. Woe to those who label as foolishness that which is profound wisdom, the ability to appreciate and search for real wealth. The illogic and foolishness of his actions rushed back to him. Yet man teaches such foolishness because he does not know the great purpose for which he was created. May this vision come true and a supreme effort made to arrive at the point where reason and wisdom will conquer foolishness. It did not lose regulars to the sort of foolishness that seduced SEC players Anthony Roberson, Matt Walsh, Kennedy Winston and Olu Famutimi, all of whom went unselected. Washington lectures London on the foolishness of debating process instead of getting to grips with real problems? Show More Sentences Outside of those examples, though, the idea that anyone is losing freedoms in this country is foolishness. To try to distil it through some intellectual process is foolishness. So not only did the importunate young man squeeze a few extra minutes out of the eminent philosopher, he also caught, and recorded him, laughing at his guest's foolishness. Unsurprisingly, the Ohioans strongly resented being lectured to on the foolishness of their national leader by some random bunch of erudite Europeans. The winners, of course, are the four-flushers who sell such foolishness. It didn't matter that now her family had fallen from their fortunes through the foolishness and excessiveness of her grandparents and her own parents. The foolishness and cowardice of those who show consideration for this hideous beast or pretend not to see it often enraged her. It springs from those evil twin sisters, pride and foolishness, and has been responsible for wars and conflicts throughout history. That is where foolishness leads you when you try to act virtuously and, with this directive, we are acting stupidly. It will further destabilize an already crumbling bond market, with foreign repatriation adding to the wounds inflicted by the Fed's own foolishness. There are times of depression, just as there are times of elation, which it were foolishness to dwell upon. Besides, I am not speaking for this blind ballast of mankind, a mob of soulless idols, models of haughtiness and foolishness. But while mathematical formalism may camouflage assumptive foolishness, it does not correct its theoretical effects and may exaggerate them, hence the unrealistic result. Folks here in the middle of America pride ourselves on a preference for facts over foolishness, deeds over declarations. The overwhelming arrogance of the listeners and the foolishness of the last administration has left the US government in an unnecessary hole. Unfortunately, in their community, it is assumed that she is just another youngster who got pregnant through carelessness, foolishness or deliberate willfulness. This is taking foolishness to the extreme and I ask you to reflect and take on board the views of the committee and the view of this Parliament on this particular point. How many people would I want to blab to bout your drinkin and foolishness? There is evil and foolishness in this annus mirabilis. He is tough, with a quick temper that brooks no foolishness. Show More Sentences Freund did not, however, believe that farmers chose a rotation method which was so different to the one which would have made it possible for them to maximise their profits simply by chance or foolishness. When they stumble, their prating foolishness suddenly seems charming. At the first glance I saw she had been punished for her foolishness. Methos chided himself for such foolishness, but didn't look up. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. That was foolishness for someone my age who no longer practised. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. You should put off foolishness and weakness, and stand firmly on faith. He then wrote a lengthy letter to the Queen detailing the foolishness of the French marriage. Sally was generous and open-hearted to the point of foolishness, but that was her experience. These twelve kinds of sins are adultery, fornication, murder, theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. And, never mind Costa's callousness, Gabriel's foolishness, Dean's cluelessness, that should be what truly hurts Wenger. And right often have I, the modern, been perturbed and vexed by the foolishness, illogic, obtuseness, and general all-round stupendous stupidity of myself, the primitive. Killership requires a person to become brave and polite. It is not deal of weakwilled and spineless people. This deal likes neither cheating nor foolishness. Examples from Classical Literature Peter mumbled some foolishness about nobbling Angola for Germany and starting a revolution among the natives. The foolishness would not be so noticeable if the brokenness were not so hideous and genuine and actual and matter-of-course. This is the best, as it is the pitiful foolishness of the blackcock younglings. Of every other foolishness on earth his lips had babbled, but not blasphemies. The one wears you out, the other rests you for all his darnation foolishness. All my devices of horse-hair and deer-hide snares were foolishness in their sharp eyes. Jed, he mumbled some kind of foolishness about some things givin' him earache. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. Nay, rather the strappado for me, at any time, than abandonment to foolishness so crass as this would be. If any man call these things foolishness, his judgement is to me insignificant. But I always have a little distrust for the foolishness of a person who has once been a knave. Let me tell you that your poor uncle is pitiable in his foolishness this morning. His long habit of thought concerning her enabled him to master this foolishness. I am sorrier for my foolishness, and more ashamed of it, than you can possibly be! My foolishness, I suppose, is typical of the scholar's abstraction and impracticality. And did not he die of typhoid within two weeks of committing that foolishness? But I know it is all foolishness, as well as you do, all craziness. We must protect her from the consequences of her own foolishness. I reckon if you'd ever be'n a mother yo'self, Valet de Chambers, you wouldn't talk sich foolishness as dat. We sometimes choose absolute nonsense because in our foolishness we see in that nonsense the easiest means for attaining a supposed advantage. Show More Sentences At sight of a sharp knife and a cowardly Cockney the clinging of life to life overcomes all your fond foolishness. I only wish I'd known how to take a little of my foolishness along with me, as some folks do, to brighten my declining years. I realize that it's all a great foolishness, all this highbrow stuff about navigation. That was foolishness, for though Tabaqui is a mischief-maker, he would have told thee of something that concerned thee closely. Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey? Their lives, too, might be sacrificed to my suicidal foolishness. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of foolishness? Words that rhyme with foolishness What is the plural of foolishness? What is the adverb for foolishness? What is the adjective for foolishness? What is the noun for foolishness? Translations for foolishness Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words foolishly foolish fooling foolhardy foolhardiness foolhardily foolproof fools fool's foolscap fool's paradise foorth 11-letter Words Starting With f fo foo fool fooli foolis foolish foolishn foolishne foolishnes