Sentence examples for appearing a fool from inspiring English sources

Brando himself was worried about appearing a fool.

James keeps his mouth shut; he never wants to appear a fool in front of Arthur.

Mary Midgley, aged 81, may be the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool.

Many scholars believe this was cooked up by a rival writer who wished to make the dead playwright appear a fool, who was killed in a silly and vaguely comical manner.

He had been pursuing this task for a week now, and he did not want to appear a heedless fool.

I don't want to appear like a fool".

Obviously he doesn't want to appear as a fool or out of touch at home.

Concerns such as these, and his belief that the world can be made a better place, reveals the "incorrigible optimism" that has driven him to undertake what often could appear as a fool's errand.

In his essay, "Shooting an Elephant," George Orwell confesses that, like other imperial policemen in Burma, he acted mostly against his will, mostly out of the desire not to "appear like a fool". People in companies act out of much the same impulses.

And of course, right next to DRACHMA at 27 across, there appeared a clue... 28ac Fool the king into leaving currency for 27? (6) [ synonym for 'king' inside synonym for 'fool' ] [ REX inside GIT ]... for GREXIT.

So he saw the angry react and immediately jumped to the conclusion that I was expressing disgust at the continuance of their relationship, and that 'word must've gotten out.' So then, out of embarrassment at appearing to be a fool for continuing the relationship, he broke up with her.