On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Foolishness. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as folly or stupidity and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Foolishness in a sentence
Foolishness meaning
- The state of being foolish.
- A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
Synonyms of Foolishness
Using Foolishness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being foolish. | A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
- Useful related words include: folly, stupidity, error, mistake.
- In the example corpus, foolishness often appears in combinations such as: the foolishness, foolishness and, of foolishness.
Context around Foolishness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foolishness
- In this selection, "foolishness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ifyabuwelewele, person and plain stand out and add context to how "foolishness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include kind of foolishness and annals of foolishness but any. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foolishness" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foolishness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We don’t want ifyabuwelewele (foolishness). (6 words)
Morne come like Sandra now with the third person foolishness. (10 words)
I didn’t even want to bother with Pip’s foolishness. (11 words)
The reason that they do those evaluations is because, man, it is undeniable that when you in that type of environment inundated with all types of violence and foolishness and stuff that you're not going to be psychologically affected by it to some degree. (45 words)
Not only is burning up the planet for better chatbots right up there in the annals of foolishness, but any claim that we absolutely have to use fossil fuels to meet increasing energy demands is also more than a little suspect. (41 words)
Hopefully for everyone’s sake, the Jets and Reddick can stop the foolishness that’s taken place for the past four months, push aside the acrimony and come to a compromise and help everyone win. (35 words)
I thought the conservatives were the ones that were against this kind of foolishness? (14 words)
If this foolishness is to be pursued, I conclude by asking what a colleague of mine had asked: What is the narrative to be told? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
As The Street Profits approached my seat during their entrance, Kevin Dunn cut to commercial break, and I will never forgive him for that kind of foolishness.
But I also have been wondering how he would react to the foolishness that is going on at our state Capitol in the name of Republican conservatism.
But maybe we can use his foolishness as an example of what’s to change going forward.
I thought the conservatives were the ones that were against this kind of foolishness?
Or, your foolishness and or stupidity are as tall as your height.
We don’t want ifyabuwelewele (foolishness).
And the Soviet position, the dangers of nuclear war, were such that the United States, fortunately, didn’t have the foolishness or the rashness to try such an adventure.
Expect to hear much less of their foolishness from Democrats who want to be elected in the real world.
Hopefully for everyone’s sake, the Jets and Reddick can stop the foolishness that’s taken place for the past four months, push aside the acrimony and come to a compromise and help everyone win.
I didn’t even want to bother with Pip’s foolishness.
If this foolishness is to be pursued, I conclude by asking what a colleague of mine had asked: What is the narrative to be told?
It’s our responsibility, then, to rectify this foolishness and shed light on the ways in which Los Angeles influences fashion.
It’s unfortunate that on a day he & his family were celebrating his new deal he was forced to address Tiki Barber’s “dead to me” foolishness.
Morne come like Sandra now with the third person foolishness.
Not only is burning up the planet for better chatbots right up there in the annals of foolishness, but any claim that we absolutely have to use fossil fuels to meet increasing energy demands is also more than a little suspect.
RTE yesterday prominently reported the embarrassment of Rishi Sunak for his foolishness of returning from D-Day early.
She “had often talked me out of things – a change in life, a foolishness”, but equilibrium is found in mutual reserve: “the two of us loved privacy, / had never shared the solitude within ourselves”.
The film’s loose interpretation of historical events treads perilously close to disrespect at times, if not plain foolishness.
The reason that they do those evaluations is because, man, it is undeniable that when you in that type of environment inundated with all types of violence and foolishness and stuff that you're not going to be psychologically affected by it to some degree.
This episode is presented by – The political parties are realigning and the results of yesterday’s election indicate that more Americans are no longer suffering the foolishness the Democrats have embraced.
Common combinations with foolishness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the foolishness 15×
- foolishness and 14×
- of foolishness 13×
- foolishness of 8×
- this foolishness 5×
- foolishness is 4×
- foolishness but 4×
- their foolishness 3×
- foolishness the 3×
- such foolishness 3×