Sentence examples for slightly foolish from inspiring English sources

Feeling slightly foolish, I wondered just how to address him without insulting him.

The three women might be the sisters of the world-weary, slightly foolish singers in Ailey's "Quintet".

There's something slightly foolish about calling a Black Crowes album new, since the band cribs so shamelessly from the classic rock of the early seventies.

WHEN I joined the line outside the office supply store one day a couple of years ago, I felt more than slightly foolish.

Feel free to borrow Thaxter's comment, for instance, on "the ever watchable [Hattie] Morahan in a beautifully detailed performance" or Mountford's about how "Francesca Annis pitches it perfectly as the conceited, slightly foolish matriarch".

I slipped a Guardian Netjetter card into my pocket, feeling slightly foolish but safe in the knowledge that should the journey end with us lying in a heap at the bottom of the mountain, my remains could be identified.

With their comic but never condescending take on Eddie, Vaughn and Fletcher have, essentially, reframed what we Brits have tended to view as a slightly embarrassing and foolish episode, and magnified its hidden glory.

Feeling foolish and slightly insane, we decided to take the risk and buy the house.

Chinese leaders aren't foolish, and know that the outside world will be slightly spooked by the display.

But that was a funny movie, with a voice-over that dangled its foolish creatures for our delight, whereas "Queen of Earth" is slightly less amusing than smallpox.

Standard Life's projections for real returns from American property are slightly above its equities estimates; European property looks even more appealing.It would be foolish to be too precise.