How to Use foolish in a Sentence

foolish

adjective

• Those flashy clothes make her look foolish.
• He was wearing a foolish grin.
• I never thought you'd be foolish enough to believe him.
• She must feel foolish wearing those flashy clothes.
• She's been taking foolish risks.
• Trump is far from tone deaf or foolish.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
• The good, the great and the foolish.
  — FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• Some thought the move was foolish.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
• Don’t be afraid to look foolish in pursuit of bliss!
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
• The duke was young and foolish, and no great threat to Napoleon.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
• Keep in mind that this isn’t the time for foolish wand waving, okay?
  — refinery29.com, 24 June 2018
• And the only way to get rid of such a foolish hope was to snuff it out.
  — Alyssa Cole, Cosmopolitan, 2 Aug. 2017
• Maybe the answer is yes, which feels like a foolish choice on their part.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
• Bill is back on top of his game, and those who doubted him look foolish.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• Men who talked with baby dolls might have been called foolish, but not now.
  — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 23 June 2021
• Dellinger let Clarke and those brave — or foolish — enough to chase him go.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
• That’s penny wise, not pour foolish.
  — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
• One said that the company would have been foolish not to do so.
  — Aaron C. Davis, Rick Noack and Douglas MacMillan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
• The idea of trading Reaves now feels foolish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
• The idea of trading Reaves now feels foolish.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2026
• To think James will not break out in this series would be foolish.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2018
• All that said, Newsom would be foolish to kiss off the threat.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
• One is villianized and one is made to look foolish.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 26 June 2026
• There are plenty of ways to look foolish in the gym—but these shorts won't be one of them.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 9 Aug. 2017
• The ones who are foolish enough to post about their lives on social media.
  — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
• Backing the Cubs right now seems foolish.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
• The New York Times looks foolish.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
• Most of the time husbands and wives argue about stupid, foolish things.
  — Cal Fussman, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
• Let’s face it, life is full of foolish decisions.
  — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 May 2026
• The fear of looking foolish lasts a moment.
  — Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026