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Examples of foolishness in a Sentence
the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth
couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness, so I told them to be quiet
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This is fiscal foolishness that, if completed, will likely leave us with an obsolete system in a brave new world.
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Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Any idiot with the patience and the budget to allow such foolishness can do it.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
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Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Any idiot with the patience and the budget to allow such foolishness can do it.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for foolishness
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“Foolishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foolishness. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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