Sentence examples for foolish face from inspiring English sources

In "Self-Reliance," he decries the social niceties that require us to put on what he calls "the foolish face of praise," a "forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us".

We conform when we pay unearned respect to clothing and other symbols of status, when we show "the foolish face of praise" or the "forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us" (CW2: 32).

The picture below is blurry because he was furiously rubbing his foolish face on the box.

Even when Wolverton was concentrating on narrative cartoons, "spaghetti and meatballs -textured portraits flowed, usually in the formeatballs -texturedrawings conceived as a series: "Foolish Faces: portraits a flowedmousuallyeads and Freaks" in one such group; "PrivathePeeps at Preposterous Punks Who Prowl This Planet" is another.

Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing continuously to the unknown, the other scrutinizing the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes.

Also I do actually look foolish, my face, conduct, walk, voice and bearing..

Also I do actually look foolish, my face, conduct, walk, voice and bearing..

Reading too much across into a British context can be a futile exercise, but the biggest lesson perhaps is how quickly accepted political wisdom can be made to look foolish in the face of a populist surge.

The proposal is foolish on its face.

It is foolish in the face of real war and death to expect too much from any initiative, especially an online gathering.

Rauner is going to "find the money" for that $75M tax credit program, an aim that is foolish on its face since the agreement is one which, to use McQueary's own words, promises a "generous income tax break from the state" despite that same state "still growing our unpaid bills" according to Rauner.