On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Folly. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as foolishness or stupidity and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Folly meaning
- Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
- A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
Synonyms of Folly
Using Folly
- The main meaning on this page is: Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality. | Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. | A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
- Useful related words include: foolishness, stupidity, craziness, tomfoolery.
- In the example corpus, folly often appears in combinations such as: the folly, folly of, of folly.
Context around Folly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Folly
- In this selection, "folly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, got, described, human, beach, described and association stand out and add context to how "folly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little folly now and and act meanwhile folly has seen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "folly" sits close to words such as abd, affectionate and aiden, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with folly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everything else is folly. (4 words)
Folly Beach is home to the surfers and more energetic crowd. (11 words)
All images by Matt Brown, except Watkin's Folly (obviously), which is public domain. (14 words)
Data retrieved from Jamie Lee Komoroski’s rental car indicated she was driving at 65mph and only briefly hit the brakes before she crashed into the golf cart at around 10pm on Friday at Folly Beach, investigators said. (38 words)
The late Harvard University History Professor, Barbara Tuchman, in a book, The March of Folly described folly in government as the pursuit of something that had proved to be unachievable during the time of that pursuit. (36 words)
It’s an ongoing balancing act. Meanwhile, Folly has seen an increase in whole-house rentals that are altering the feel of its residential neighborhoods and creating mini-hotels in what once were single-family homes. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Caitlin Greenwood, heritage development officer at The Folly, said: "We are delighted to host Diamonds in the Landscape at The Folly and I congratulate all the photographers featured.
Pardue got Folly Beach's mayor to sign off on the idea, purchased the paint from Folly's Ace Hardware and the city got to work soon after.
The late Harvard University History Professor, Barbara Tuchman, in a book, The March of Folly described folly in government as the pursuit of something that had proved to be unachievable during the time of that pursuit.
Celebrate the 4th of July with a spectacular firework display on Folly Beach hosted by the Folly Association of Business (FAB).
May there not be many who profess this folly, and let us hope that he will go no farther than this in his folly and believe that the Creator is corporeal.
A beachfront home is framed by eroded dunes on Folly Beach on Aug. 31, 2023.
All images by Matt Brown, except Watkin's Folly (obviously), which is public domain.
And that’s part of the human folly, in that sense, because for an elf, it’s brief.
A new bride was struck and killed by an allegedly drunk driver after leaving her wedding reception in Folly Beach, North Carolina, last Friday.
A popular route is from Pincents Lane in Calcot up to Wilder’s Folly, a 200-year-old dovecote tower.
A surplus income from the two concerts will be donated to Folly Wildlife Rescue located in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England.
Council leader, Cllr Richard Foster said it was fair that any of the councils in the former Settle rural district should be able to consult with The Folly for the use of the chain.
Data retrieved from Jamie Lee Komoroski’s rental car indicated she was driving at 65mph and only briefly hit the brakes before she crashed into the golf cart at around 10pm on Friday at Folly Beach, investigators said.
Everything else is folly.
Failed interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan badly undermined Britain’s military reputation, while the construction of the two carriers now looks like an act of epic folly.
Folly Beach is home to the surfers and more energetic crowd.
Folly, living and believing in a lie, leads to shame, villainy, and death, as we’ve already witnessed and continue to witness among those who claim falsehoods as their guiding light.
For, as we all know, a little folly now and then is cherished by the wisest men.
Highlights include Ossian's Hall, a folly with photogenic views over the thundering Black Linn Falls, while tucked away among the trees is a totem pole, carved by members of the Squamish Nation in Canada.
It’s an ongoing balancing act. Meanwhile, Folly has seen an increase in whole-house rentals that are altering the feel of its residential neighborhoods and creating mini-hotels in what once were single-family homes.
Common combinations with folly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the folly 32×
- folly of 20×
- of folly 15×
- folly and 13×
- folly beach 12×
- folly in 7×
- folly to 7×
- their folly 7×
- be folly 7×
- on folly 6×