Sentence examples for appears foolish from inspiring English sources

Setting a 50% renewable electricity target in South Australia appears foolish when it is not clear that the electricity system can handle that level of intermittent wind and solar power.

He seems concerned that he appears foolish, conspiratorial, reckless, and cynical.

Did Snowden's question provide a platform for misinformation, or did his appearance drive discussion of Russian surveillance, making that country's President appear foolish by providing an answer that is all but universally viewed as false?

They don't want to appear foolish or incapable.

I can't respond to her without appearing foolish, so I've said nothing.

"When we land at a place like London Airport we are concerned only not to appear foolish," Indar says to Salim.

To the Editor: Suggestions that all wood-burning fireplaces be replaced with electric fireplaces risk making the environmental movement appear foolish.

But as the economy continues to grow and people become more confident that good times are here to stay, such conservatism comes to appear foolish.

He feared, he said, that he would appear foolish if he didn't invest in what seemed to be such a good opportunity, and he dismissed a friend's warning as knee-jerk cynicism.

However, we tried to be as professional and as well-rehearsed as possible – we must have rehearsed that pitch 200 times," says Gould. "We were concerned about appearing foolish, in terms of the dragons tearing us apart.

Other moderately conservative Republicans cited by Cruz lost for reasons that had nothing to do with their moderation: George H.W. Bush because the economy began its recovery too late and too incrementally, not because he raised taxes (hadn't Ronald Reagan done the same?); Gerald Ford because his gaffe on Eastern Europe made him appear foolish and incompetent.