The cabman did not hurry his tall raw-boned steed, and the drive to Temple-bar seemed a very long one to Adela Branston, whose mind was disturbed by the consciousness that she was doing a foolish thing.
Emboldened by the absence of her dowager kinswoman, Mrs. Branston felt herself independent, free to do a foolish thing, and ready to abide the hazard of her folly.
But Adela Branston was not a proud woman; and even in the midst of her regret for having done this foolish thing, she was always ready to make excuses for the man she loved, always in danger of committing some new folly in his behalf.
Men, whatever they say with their lips, cannot conclude, if yet their hearts want breaking, that sin is a foolish thing.
It is a foolish thing in any to be troubled with those things which they have no ground to believe concerns themselves; especially when the latitude of their discouragement is touching their own persons only.
For it would be a foolish thing to say, that these are cautions to persuade to take heed of that, into which it is not possible one should fall.
Presently he said to me that I had done a foolish thing to run away for the sake of the girl when I had money coming to me and when the captain's heart was filled with friendship towards me for turning aside Franka's pistol.
It is a foolish thing not to kill wounded men; they may get better and kill you.
I did not answer at once, for I knew that if I ran away from the ship for the sake of this girl I would be doing a foolish thing, for I had money coming to me when the ship was oti folau (paid off).
For you must have heard (every body hears when a man of quality does a foolish thing!
My heart is not bad toward you, but I must tell you that you have done a foolish thing.
Spotted Deer, I see that we have done a foolish thing," Running Fox said, soberly.
At the bottom of your heart, even now, you know you are about to do a foolish thing--a thing you will regret bitterly and unavailingly for the rest of time.
Patricia," Musgrave began, very kindly and very gravely, "you are about to do a foolish thing.
Ah, Rudolph, if I want to do a foolish thing, why won't you let me?
It is a foolish thingto do, but it is preëminently Arcadian.
The man snatched the gun almost fiercely, examining the priming; and it was hard work for Nic to stand fast and force himself not to believe that he had done a foolish thing.
But in his excitement he had thought of nothing but getting over there; and faint, hungry and hot, he began now to find that he had done a foolish thing.
She will never be the woman to stand by and comfort you in adversity: therefore you will be doing a foolish thing to make her your wife, even though you consult your own interest alone.
There, you needn't smile, as if I had said a foolish thing!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foolish thing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
