The two old men chuckle at the foolery of the moment.
The woman ceased from her mysterious foolery, and started tip-toeing toward the door.
This is no time for foolery.
We may now drop foolery, and converse like intelligent human beings.
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foolery
From that standpoint the scheme is sheerfoolery.
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Expression of opinion is vanity andfooleryif that expression of opinion when it has been translated into action is punished with imprisonment.
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Surely we have had enough of thisfooleryin the past seven years.
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Could we not stop thisfoolery?
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All the organs of his body were working - bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming - all toiling away in solemnfoolery.
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The comic frame does not aim to vilify in its analysis, but rather, rebuke the stupidity andfooleryof those involved in the circumstances.
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He explained that such conduct qualifies as holyfooleryonly if the audience believes that the individual is sane, moral, and pious.
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