How to Use foolish in a Sentence

foolish

adjective

• 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
• Which one will make our rankings look the most foolish by the end of the year?
  — Chris Johnson and Eric Single, SI.com, 25 June 2018
• Some of us would have used a stronger word than foolish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
• To the naked eye, running home would have seemed foolish.
  — Joe Hill, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• All that said, Newsom would be foolish to kiss off the threat.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
• Keep in mind that this isn’t the time for foolish wand waving, okay?
  — refinery29.com, 24 June 2018
• 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
• Maybe the answer is yes, which feels like a foolish choice on their part.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
• The Bible says that natural man thinks the things of the spirit are foolish.
  — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Mar. 2021
• The Sox also made a foolish mistake in the third inning.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• But for people to say that this is just about Jean and Steven would be foolish.
  — David Barron, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2018
• 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
• The most foolish thing the team can do now is chase short-term success at the expense of the future.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 10 Aug. 2021
• To think James will not break out in this series would be foolish.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2018
• Bill is back on top of his game, and those who doubted him look foolish.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• This doesn't mean Brady and Brees are foolish to use the older models.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• His anger at the Big 12 has always been misplaced and foolish.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
• If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.
  — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
• The ones who are foolish enough to post about their lives on social media.
  — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
• 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
• The fish are boney, beefy missiles, known to snatch a bird or two foolish enough to venture close to the surface.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• Green Bay would be foolish to allow that same movie to have a sequel.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 23 May 2021
• The same can be said about having a beer while watching your favorite movie, or watching your boyfriend look foolish while playing a video game, or dancing in your car in the middle of the day.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
• With this foolish stunt, C.K. has basically labeled herself a pariah.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 23 Mar 2025