How to Use foolish in a Sentence

foolish

adjective
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  • 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
  • To the naked eye, running home would have seemed foolish.
    — Joe Hill, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • Putting the New York Yankees and the Mets in the same division is foolish.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Maybe the Bills are the foolish ones, spending $300 million on a team that still has flaws.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • The Sox also made a foolish mistake in the third inning.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • 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
  • His anger at the Big 12 has always been misplaced and foolish.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Even tyrants would be foolish to pass down an iron law when a low-key change of norms would lead to the same results.
    — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • That four-hour car ride on the final leg of your trip, then, was both a foolish and fitting thing to do.
    — Anne Lagamayo, Longreads, 11 May 2023
  • How foolish of me to think that, knowing Neil Druckmann all these years! ...
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • If Democrats want Republicans to vote with them, that’s a foolish way to lead.
    — Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • To be fair, writing off Tucker as a Big Ten factor over the long haul would be foolish.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The attorney called the letter vile and foolish and reckless.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The bottom line here is golfers being dollar-wise and brand foolish.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
  • Experts say savers would be foolish to leave that free money on the table.
    — Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 11 Jan. 2024
  • If Pence had hoped to use his proximity to Trump as a springboard, that was a foolish bet.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • And that’s the thing about feeling foolish and making a fool of yourself and making mistakes.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The bravest and most foolish hikers plunged on through, ice-cold whitewater up to their knees, a steep rocky drop below.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Austin Bryant had a foolish penalty that set up a key Buffalo score.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • To think that this is not a factor in the pro tour’s popularity would be foolish.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 3 June 2022
  • LeBron James, amazing again with 16 points in the final dozen minutes, clanked a foolish three-point shot.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • These foolish cowards want the government to take away guns & the rights of parents to defend their children in schools.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Our Nighy has never been foolish, and voters mustn’t leave him alone this season.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Naturally, Trump and his lawyers are not quite so foolish enough to argue this in so many words.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Genesis, the youngest son of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, is having none of the foolish behavior.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 July 2023

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