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.
  • The duke was young and foolish, and no great threat to Napoleon.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Which one will make our rankings look the most foolish by the end of the year?
    Chris Johnson and Eric Single, SI.com, 25 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
  • Some of us would have used a stronger word than foolish.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • To the naked eye, running home would have seemed foolish.
    Joe Hill, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • All that said, Newsom would be foolish to kiss off the threat.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Keep in mind that this isn’t the time for foolish wand waving, okay?
    refinery29.com, 24 June 2018
  • Putting the New York Yankees and the Mets in the same division is foolish.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Maybe the Bills are the foolish ones, spending $300 million on a team that still has flaws.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Maybe the answer is yes, which feels like a foolish choice on their part.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
  • The Bible says that natural man thinks the things of the spirit are foolish.
    The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The Sox also made a foolish mistake in the third inning.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • But for people to say that this is just about Jean and Steven would be foolish.
    David Barron, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2018
  • 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 most foolish thing the team can do now is chase short-term success at the expense of the future.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 10 Aug. 2021
  • To think James will not break out in this series would be foolish.
    Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2018
  • Bill is back on top of his game, and those who doubted him look foolish.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • This doesn't mean Brady and Brees are foolish to use the older models.
    Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • His anger at the Big 12 has always been misplaced and foolish.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Most of the time husbands and wives argue about stupid, foolish things.
    Cal Fussman, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
  • If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The ones who are foolish enough to post about their lives on social media.
    WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Evening rush-hour commuters — who thought winter was over — felt foolish after the city was socked with a record-breaking spring snowfall.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The argument proved to be foolish, as evidenced in the first days’ sloppiness.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025

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