Sentence examples for into folly from inspiring English sources

A gorgeous catch and run turned into folly.

Tottenham, too, had a striker who was extremely animated, but in Crouch's case the energy swept him into folly.

Given the context, the relapse into folly for the opener must have been all the more distressing.

His prodigal was an innocent, eager and trusting youth who rushed headlong into folly and then was overpowered by the Siren of Darci Kistler.

You might think Christmas brings out the worst in those trying to coerce the consumer into folly, but believe me, it occurs weekly.

Danny Cipriani, the Wasps fly-half, looked lively throughout but his exuberance crossed the boundary into folly a couple of times in the second half, just as his team were threatening to reclaim the lead.

Over and over, Wilder shows us mankind behaving badly, or using one another as props and pawns, or racing into follies from which there is no escape, and still, like sheep to the shearer, we come back for more.

Funny, King wasn't very happy to look into George W. Bush's folly into war a few years ago before we committed troops.

Two strong performances helped to steady what could have tilted into gothic folly.

When two countries employ the same techniques, luring the other into useful folly, it is harder still.

Dick Cheney, who sat on George Bush like a mattress and stampeded the US into the folly of invading Iraq.