Sentence examples for thought it silly from inspiring English sources

I thought it silly, and that I'd be a natural at the game.

Heavyweight female columnists, incidentally, have told me that they avoided Syria because they thought it silly to start spouting on subjects that aren't an area of expertise.

Conventional wisdom holds that, had the Conservatives proposed such a scheme in the first bloom of their first term, even those who thought it silly would have let it pass.

Dyson sympathized with Hagis' anticommercial sentiment but thought it silly to make the point on a NASA site.

Bogle thought it silly to waste money on a proxy just to lower expenses, and all involved agreed.

The controversial movie (some thought it silly, some, un-erotic) Eyes Wide Shut found the director once again studying the perplexing nature of dreams and reality, this time exploring them in a more personal and private arena: sexuality.

AGES 14 AND UP Some teenagers will think it silly.

Asked directly, he concedes that personally—he thinks it "silly" to ride a motorcycle without a helmet on the highway.

For example, people talk about their hopes and dreams whereas they might assume people without that shared experience would think it silly".

Mr Ma still has some cards to play: an economy that would be the envy of many elsewhere, as well as the support of those in favour of closer mainland ties who think it silly to split the pro-China vote.

Ryle thinks it "silly" to suggest that knowledge can be defined merely by specifying its objects.