foolishness

How To Use foolishness In A Sentence

• Even his friends and foster siblings were expecting him to spend a good deal of time in the hoosgow or taking an extended dirt nap due to all this foolishness he was foisting upon the community. Archive 2006-10-01
• He loved all Jenny's children deeply-especially Ian, the wee gowk whose mixture of foolishness and pigheaded courage reminded him so much of himself at that age. Drums of Autumn
• Transsexuality, also termed "Gender Dysphoria" is now reaching the point of being reasonably well understood, though many myths and general foolishness about the subject still abound.
• Shorthand may serve useful purposes, but when combined with short attention spans, it's foolishness bordering on fraud.
• Whether by foolishness or deep design, he dropped the question Sinclair did not want. THE SCAR
• Real discoveries of phenomena contrary to all previous scientific experience are very rare, while fraud, fakery, foolishness, and error resulting from overenthusiasm and delusion are all too common.
• ‘I apologize for my foolishness, Sire,’ he submissively replied, lowering his eyes in defeat.
• One of the great self-deceptions - and one of the great foolishnesses - is to tell yourself, Only I will know. Only you will know that you are a liar; only you will know you deal unethically with people who trust you; only you will know you have no intention of honoring your promise. Whose knowledge or judgment do you imagine is more important? It is precisely your own ego from which there is no escape. Nathaniel Branden 
• The industry is so ripe with foolishness, pretensions and self-loathing that nothing can be said or done to make it appear even more foolish.
• `I have to tell you that the court will appoint a public advocate to represent your son, should he persist in this foolishness. DESPERADOES