Words similar to folly

Example sentences for: folly

How can you use “folly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But this book is weirdly enjoyable for what is not in it: conventional film gossip, name-dropping, show-biz folly of any kind.
It would be sheer folly for such a company to invent preposterous lies and spins and feed them to the nation's most prominent publications.
Forcing miscreants to attend high school is pure folly, based on three untruths: 1) any kid can be taught; 2) dropping out will turn a kid toward crime; and 3) without a high-school education you can't get a decent job.
Society should recognize that funding university research through patents is folly, and should fund it directly, as in the past.
"They must now save it from the consequences of their cowardice and folly."