Sentence examples for a silly notion from inspiring English sources

First off, the Guardian aren't paying any money for these, that's a silly notion.

"I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a silly notion, but I don't put religious faith in that bracket.

This is a silly notion, of course -- especially given that the cinematheque was devoted to showing old movies -- but it is also a beguiling one.

If Laz ever believed that his sway over Cookie would ever sow division between her and Hakeem, he is disabused of such a silly notion.

Mr. Greenspan was not inclined to use that power, preferring to adhere to a silly notion, shared apparently by the Treasury Department and by federal securities regulators, that market discipline would always and everywhere keep lenders — and the bankers who created derivatives based on the loans — in line.

In places hit hardest by the subprime crisis, buying a million-dollar property might seem a silly notion.

It is, in fact, a rather silly notion.

It's all a tissue of nonsense when you think about it, including her silly notion that an interview with the anchor of CBS News was supposed to be "light and fun".

Reaction to the closing circus went both ways, with teams being lambasted for clinging desperately to the antiquated, silly notion of a dude who comes out only for ninth innings when his team is ahead, and other teams lambasted for going with a "closer by committee".

I also retain a lesser-known and more accurate FORBES issue from a month later, "Back From the Dead?", pooh-poohing the silly notion that stocks were finished just because there had been a prolonged bear market.

"Being responsible about the environment is not some goo-goo, do-gooder, silly notion that you embrace once a year on Earth Day; it's important to life itself," he told about 100 people at an invitation-only appearance.