FOOLISH in a Sentence

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191 example sentences for FOOLISH, such as:

1. Hope often deludes the foolish man.
2. I admit it was a foolish thing to do.
3. His mind is lumbered with foolish ideas.
4. Jack could not account for his foolish mistake.
5. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.

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 Meanings and Examples of FOOLISH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
foolish
 a.  marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
Classic Sentence: (166 in 12 pages)
1  Scarlett had frequently used the same trick herself when discussing other girls with men, and it had never failed to convince foolish males of her sweetness and unselfishness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  She disliked the stiff- necked India and the foolish prattling Honey and knew they disliked her equally, but she could not stay away from them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  Besides, the tone of the letter vaguely depressed her with its foolish talk of defeat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  It annoyed her because it seemed foolish and also because some of the harsh criticism directed at him fell on her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  And I'll sell my boats to some foolish Englishman who thinks he can slip them through.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  There were such a lot of foolish things about life among nice people.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Despite his remark: "It's a foolish war when old fools like me are out toting guns," the girls received the impression that Uncle Henry was enjoying himself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  Yes, the Cause was dead but war had always seemed foolish to her and peace was better.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  Well, thought Scarlett, men always had to have something foolish to worry about.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Every day, I am hauled up before another board of inquiry and asked foolish questions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  Even in this flash of revelation, she realized vaguely that, foolish though they seemed, theirs was the right attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  These rides were merry affairs because she asked so many foolish questions-- "just like a woman," he told himself approvingly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  He would have enjoyed gratifying the foolish notions of some soft little person and scolding her lovingly for her stupidity and extravagance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  But, she promised herself, never, never would she again try to prod him into words of love, never again would she try to make him throw away that foolish honor he valued more than love.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  Hardly had he finished the first lines when two other voices, drunken voices, assailed him, enraged foolish voices that stumbled over words and blurred them together.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times.
2  Jack could not account for his foolish mistake.
3  His foolish act has brought a storm about his ears.
4  I admit it was a foolish thing to do.
5  I've never heard anything so foolish in all my life.
6  In a complex world,to insist upon simplicity is foolish.
7  His foolish behaviour may jeopardize his whole future.
8  I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous delusion.
9  The accident was my fault-it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.
10  It seems foolish not to give Ann her freedom, if that's what she really wants.
11  The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
12  Hope often deludes the foolish man.
13  His mind is lumbered with foolish ideas.
14  There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
15  It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.