Sentence examples for silliness from inspiring English sources

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silliness

noun

That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.

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The primary was notable not just for the shifting fortunes of its candidates three polls taken within ten days of each other in July showed three different candidates leading the pack but also for the intense silliness of the late-race silly season.In this section Read this shirt Whitewash and ham sandwiches The Palin effect Unfair play Monsters in the making?

Yet the silliness of the run on petrol underlines a problem that is not silly at all. Britain's coalition government is committed to devolving power away from Westminster and towards elected mayors and police commissioners.

It's worth noting that the silliness and humour of the scene belies some real and very effective pOlice work.

Meanwhile, Freedom Watch's Larry Klayman called for "a second American nonviolent revolution", compounding the silliness with a call "that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Qur'an down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come out with his hands up".

Startling in his economy, he sees into his characters and their capacity for contradiction and silliness and despair with a clarity that staggers me.

"A little silliness goes a long way," said Perez.

Except that a quick glance at the 2015 budget – replete with tax changes (mostly labelled "integrity measures") and showing a revenue take rising to its highest level since 2006 and government spending rising to levels not seen since the global financial crisis – shows the silliness of the argument behind the new lines.

Both were funny, but in different ways: Bieber joined in the silliness while Styles sounded sleepy and bored.

Enter the tassel – a detail that adds just enough silliness and artiness that 2015 totally hearts.

A burglar in Seoul, the capital, has defended himself by noting that the rich people he robbed were selfishly hoarding dollars that they should have swapped for won to brake the currency's slide.All three candidates in the presidential election due on December 18th are playing up to this silliness.

SIR — Your otherwise well-reasoned and enjoyable paper's knee-jerk commitment to abortion on demand continues to baffle me, and it is a blind spot that steers you into all kinds of hypocritical silliness.

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