Sentence examples for foolish fear from inspiring English sources

If I have succeeded in removing from the minds of men some of the foolish fear of the sea it is full compensation for all we have gone through".

Fear of losing, fear of looking foolish, fear of injury.

How, even though I had invited him into my home, I felt the need to look as feminine as possible when he opened the door, out of the foolish fear that he would flee.

But a fairer, smarter article would have made clear how foolish those fears about Pixar truly are.

Nothing makes people more stupid and foolish than money and fear".

This mindless merriment, based on hatred, fear and foolish indifference to the rage it inspires outside the United States, echoes the mindless viciousness of terrorists.

But the beauty of all of the games is that the only topic of conversation is poker, and all the celebrities fear looking foolish.

Dempsey Bowling, 33, a car salesman in Provo, Utah, has seen many men buy S.U.V.'s when they actually need minivans because they fear looking foolish.

Similarly, any bank with a reasonable shot at avoiding nationalisation won't endanger itself unnecessarily by taking foolish risks (indeed, the fear is that firms will go too far in the other direction, retarding recovery).

Pierce through the resistance and your own fear looking foolish, and stand tall for a simple cause you believe in.

But most steer clear of this canard for fear of looking foolish.