Building constructed primarily for decoration.
Foolish or senseless behavior.
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly.
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Examples for "stupidity "
Examples for "stupidity "
1 He gazed about the familiar confines of the room in puffy-eyed stupidity .
2 The general public might well talk of the stupidity of English officers.
3 Then it was that in the stupidity of his egotism he said:
4 He'd made one mistake; few could accuse him of repeating in stupidity .
5 The process they relied on was the unthinking stupidity of the sheep.
1 He wanted the rock 'n' roll foolishness to end, that's for sure.
2 What is gallantry in the one case is foolishness in the other.
3 Let's stop this foolishness right now and go back to the party.
4 You'll be quite well protected against routine foolishness on the capa's part.
5 Fame was merely foolishness when caught in the trap of martial law.
1 Men are thus nurtured in imbecility , from the dawn of social life.
2 If Nietzsche had not ended in imbecility , Nietzscheism would end in imbecility .
3 There is so much imbecility in the air that one gets ferocious.
4 The imbecility of the King was little capable of repairing this misfortune.
5 Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility .
1 I wish you would give Bêtise a run across the lawn.
2 I'm very lonely, and so are Bêtise and Tawney-eye.
3 Then she stepped out of one of the windows, called Bêtise to her, and putting her arms about his neck, kissed him.
4 I heard it from Octavia afterwards, who made a fearful bêtise .
5 "Why," she said, "you growl just like Bêtise (the mastiff).
Другие значения термина "folly" 1 Brownie's never mentioned a particular fondness for such folly in the past.
2 It was folly to hope he would tell us anything worth hearing.
3 But as soon as the Yeti came out, my folly was clear.
4 Now he's discussing the folly he wants built, can you credit it?'
5 There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly .
6 Heaven alone knows the extent of my folly ; and of my punishment.
7 On this occasion, it was Russell Anderson's folly that brought the opportunity.
8 We speculated on the incredible folly of wanting exercise; and forgot him.
9 When I'm in the grave he must act according to his folly .
10 And I wonder why you are determined to persist in the folly .
11 I think the final hand has been dealt to Bidwell's folly , anyway.
12 The gypsy beheld the piece of folly which the goat had committed.
13 That does not mean I must subject my daughters to this folly .
14 That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly .
15 But not even her own father was immune to that particular folly .
16 He rated Denis and Crawford for their folly in leaving the camp.
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