How to Use foolhardy in a Sentence

foolhardy

adjective
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  • Yes, this was the right way to Varvarivka, but to try to get there tonight was foolhardy.
    — Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
  • To the west, in Long Beach, a few brave or foolhardy surfers rode towering waves.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Why do something that’s foolhardy and ends with him saying the same thing?
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 30 June 2022
  • Plus, the idea of any sort of tank this season is foolhardy simply because of the nature of the draft.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • This is the sort of foolhardy criticism White and UCF has had to endure.
    — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The confidence of elite NBA players stops just shy of foolhardy.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 6 July 2017
  • All of which speaks to the basic truth that freedom is never foolhardy, but the taking of it always is.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Avoid taking foolhardy chances with your money as well as your heart.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2017
  • Historians have assumed that most of Franklin’s men died in 1848 on the foolhardy quest to the Back River.
    — National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Smith was asked about certain turning points in the game, which was a foolhardy exercise.
    — oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Any other takeaway after the last eight days is foolhardy.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2021
  • How many more must die or be injured in desperate but foolhardy attempts to fit in?
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2022
  • Even Miss Manners is not so foolhardy as to propose a dress code for college students.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Staying in Paris went against all my instincts, but going seemed foolhardy.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
  • Insisting that people come back to the office may seem foolhardy.
    — Scott Miraglia, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Nevertheless, there are a few foolhardy stars that orbit close to the rabbit black hole.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 2 June 2017
  • Trump and his inner circle also got badly caught out on a foolhardy bluff.
    — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Relying on that alone, especially in the age of Trump, seems foolhardy at best.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Heroic or foolhardy, the story of the Alamo lives on, and attracts more than one-and-a-half million visitors every year.
    — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Of one thing, Sharansky is sure: Trying to appease Putin would be foolhardy.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 June 2023
  • But trying to predict an NFL schedule's strength is foolhardy.
    — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Philosophies that were born of another drug era have to be reassessed; the idea that there is no role for law enforcement in all this is foolhardy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • In fact, Game of Thrones' great strength is its steadfast commitment to the idea that strict ideology is foolhardy.
    — Corey Atad, Esquire, 19 July 2017
  • Until very recently the joke was always about the foolhardy man who didn't bother to read the instructions.
    — Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Riding one of these in the street with cars also seems incredibly foolhardy.
    — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
  • But this would be a foolhardy way to secure their testimony.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Their sweet scent could lure you in, their beauty might trick you into doing something foolhardy, their silent presence was enough to drive a man wild.
    — Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2019
  • That propels her on a roller coaster ride of mistakes and brave but foolhardy risks to avoid arrest, remember what happened and not get killed in the process.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Two months ago, having any hint of confidence that Michigan could match up with these Buckeyes would’ve seemed foolhardy.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Walmsley began the race at a torrential pace that many of the veterans viewed as foolhardy.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020

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