Sentence examples for a foolish man from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a foolish man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who acts unwisely or lacks good judgment.
Example: "Despite his intelligence, he often made decisions that revealed he was a foolish man."
Alternatives: "a silly person" or "an imprudent individual."

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(Boyle calls him only a "foolish man").

"He's not a foolish man at all," Mr. Breen said.

"And I don't think he is a foolish man".

Nathan did not respond, because he was not a foolish man.

"But it is a foolish man who thinks they have all fled.

Only a foolish man would hope to find That haven fashioned by her dreaming mind.

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In the story "Memorial," also set in West Vancouver, a character named Eileen challenges a wealthy foolish man who boasts about his water and mountain view.

Tolstoy presents Napoleon as a vain foolish man who is in over his head.

On her expiration date, her eldest son — a sad and foolish man with a half-baked interest in Islam — will become the head of the Church of England.

As Jane Goodall puts it, "Larson blithely reverses the roles of human and nonhuman so that, as you browse through a collection you find on one page a Gary Larson human carelessly squishing a foolish dog (yapping when the man of the house is trying to watch the World Cup), and on another, a Gary Larson elephant carelessly squishing a foolish human".

Bearing in mind his physical condition, Jackson is either a brave or foolish man to attend an auction called Let's Face It.

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