Example sentences for: sillier

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

  • (A name even sillier than Merlin D. Tuttle.

  • Most critics find little resemblance between German director Wolfgang Petersen's "hokey" action flick and his near-classic Das Boot . Harrison Ford's turn as a U.S. president who goes mano a mano with Russian hijackers aboard his official plane is deemed a "14-year-old boy's fantasy of being president" (David Denby, New York ). Reflecting a general weariness with the summer's Hollywood fare, The New Yorker 's Terrence Rafferty writes, "Let's hope they don't get any sillier than this."

  • The arguments made by movie stars in defense of the NEA are even sillier.

  • Schell's manifesto is even sillier in hindsight.

  • ("The master of clean, Calvin Klein pairs thongs and a strapless dress with symmetrical slashes in silver, lending an Eastern flavor to his minimalist ethic"-- Vogue .) Since this prose is often all the public gets, along with a few minimally informative photos, the long-term effect is to keep fashion looking much sillier than it actually is.


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