folly

IPA: fˈɑɫi

Examples of "folly" in Sentences

He blamed himself for what he called the folly of the past weeks.
III. i.75 (201,2) [But wise-men's folly fall'n] Sir Thomas Hammer reads, _folly shewn_.
"I'm afraid what you call my folly didn't avail, for they wanted what they saw in my portfolio."
Captain Gauley and Mat laughed at what they called the folly of Levi, and assured Bessie he would never find her.
It cannot be said that he had not felt and secretly resented what he called the folly of the unreasonable old man.
Judasa said it would do everything in its power to try and convince Health Minster Nkosazana Zuma of what it called the folly of the plan.
I. ii.23 (14,4) his valour is crushed into folly] To be _crushed into folly_, is to be _confused_ and mingled with _folly_, so as that they make one mass together.
Mrs. Lewis begged that Elma should not be taken away from her; and Mrs. Steward, angry with herself for what she termed her folly, had yet yielded to her sister's entreaties.
` Rather than spoil my uniform, I would have knocked him on the head with a pole, 'said a third; and it was a long time before what they termed my folly was forgotten or forgiven.
And if any offer of alliance or parley of individual elders comes from home, the false spirits shut the gates of the castle and permit no one to enter, — there is a battle, and they gain the victory; and straightway making alliance with the desires, they banish modesty, which they call folly, and send temperance over the border.