Sentence examples for a folly from inspiring English sources

"a folly" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a foolish or unwise action or decision. Example: Investing all his money in a risky business venture was a folly he would soon regret.

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Is it a folly?

It is a folly.

"That's a folly".

It's a folly now.

Rosenberg considered entering Guatemalan politics a folly.

A folly, true, but watchable.

Even a folly has its place.

The thing seemed asburd, a folly.

A folly, yes: a folie à deux.

To do otherwise would be a folly of historic proportions.

Marilyn Goode considers the center in Ojai a folly.

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