Sentence examples for foolish by the from inspiring English sources

The exceptional American made to look foolish by the evil Russian.

The government's decision to re-privatise the east coast mainline looks more foolish by the day".

But here in America, as far as I can see, it's just getting more foolish by the hour.

A claim of final victory over the Islamic State — perhaps Trump's most likely boast — would be made to look empty and foolish by the next terrorist attack.

I was recently called "foolish" by the DUP for even bringing up the possibility – although this is the least likely scenario in the game.

It was Lingard who started the move for United's third goal before linking with Pogba (who made Koscielny look foolish by the way) for the Frenchman to return the pass to his team-mate to tap in the return.

The asking price, dubbed "foolish" by Willie Walsh, the boss of BA's parent International Airlines Group, represents a multiple of 44 times London City's underlying earnings in 2014.

In other words, the authorities do not want to look foolish by enforcing the law.

At the risk of looking foolish by leaving out the very person that Mr. Kerry picks, consider a sampling of the possibilities: Mr. Kerry's choice could be Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri or the governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack, whose name keeps appearing on the pundits' short lists.

No compromise has been found in the months of a debate between the two sides, with the government looking especially foolish by playing piggy in the middle.

When news of the hoax got out, it was condemned as a "foolish prank" by the hospital, which said it would review its telephone procedures.