Sentence example with the word 'folly'

folly

absurdity, buffoonery, desipience, fatuousness, frivolousness, imprudence, lunacy, nuttiness, senselessness, thoughtlessness, witlessness

Definition n. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

Last update: July 21, 2015


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It was utter folly to choose batting first on this wicket.   [noun]

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But it is the mark of utter folly and complete credulity.   [noun]

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The folly of mankind shall shatter the Seal: He Shall Rise.   [noun]

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'I know not whence their folly comes to them.'   [noun]

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Foolish fancies these, but in the gravest man's love there is a vein of folly.   [noun]

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"Not unless the Nemesis that waits on woman's folly has been swifter of foot than common."   [noun]

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No, she told herself; such folly was impossible.   [noun]

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I looked for folly from her; but wisdom, honour, purity, all the virtues from you.   [noun]

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And I thought that in the universal mass of falsehood and folly there were some rare stars, dwelling apart here and there, and that she was one of them.   [noun]

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"But oh, child, the folly of it."   [noun]

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"What a child you are," she said, "to be pleased with such folly."   [noun]

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