Sentence examples for you were silly from inspiring English sources

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Silliness in the Auden sense – "You were silly like us, your gift survived it all".

(Sorry once again, Bronwyn, but you were silly enough to stand cheerily in front of that God-awful sign).

"People said to me: 'You were silly to split it five ways for most of it.' But I said: 'Purple wouldn't have been together at all if I hadn't done that.' Because they were very strong-minded people.

And there is just enough fresh green chile in a thin nam prik sauce to bring out the sweetness in charcoal-grilled blowfish tails or baby octopus that would fit in your palm if you were silly enough to place them there and not between your teeth, where they belong.

"I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed.

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"But mid-way through the quiz, you get a message telling you whether you're silly or sensible, based on your answers.

You're silly.

Chasing sponsors who are unlikely to pay you is silly.

But, I adore you when you are silly, because it reminds me of the child in you.

Because I consider you to be an outright fraud and those who would follow you or listen to you, you're simply duping, and you're silly.

Perhaps there is something you love more than anything in the world that someone has told you is silly or unacceptable.

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