Sentence examples for a foolish undertaking from inspiring English sources

But damn, sports are irrational things, and talking about them in general is a foolish undertaking.

Did he [Eugen] understand?" After an ironic aside about novels, ("the perfect way to capture the most fleeting essence of the present for the future") and historical novels in particular ("a foolish undertaking for an author, as was becoming the fashion these days, to choose some already distant past as his setting"), we plunge into Humboldt's early life and adventures abroad.

Perhaps a foolish one.

A foolish story?

It was a foolish hope.

That is a foolish tactic.

Such a foolish girl.

A foolish old man?

This is a foolish law.

"It is a foolish policy.

That's a foolish bet.