Sentence examples for folly on from inspiring English sources

Down from the old Trump place there's a house with a huge spire on one corner, and a stone folly on the lawn.

The American war in Vietnam was a shameful folly on a vast scale.

Revisionist history has played a role, but political folly on both sides has overwhelmed it in importance.

When human weakness is mistaken for national weakness - an error that has overtones of pride - the stage is set for folly on a grand scale.

The most common explanation for this stance is his loyalty to people loyal to him, but folly on this scale is never entirely personal.

They are favorite targets for graffiti, too, along with the Temple of Love, a domed folly on a manufactured boulder outcropping.

More from this series: Mark Fisher on Blood Brothers, Lyn Gardner on Follies, Alfred Hickling on Annie, Brian Logan on Sunshine on Leith, Mark Lawson on London Road.

"Follies" took on both sides of the equation.

More from this series: Lyn Gardner on Follies, Alfred Hickling on Annie, Brian Logan on Sunshin on Leith, Mark Lawson on London Road.

Warnings of the long straight bitumen road and I love it, children manning petrol pumps with one-eyed dogs, burnt out homesteads, dried out rivers, follies on forecourts.

Such an attitude perfectly suits the courtship follies on display in the three playlets.