Agreeing to work unlimited overtime for the promise of a vague promotion felt like a fool's bargain.

Whenever he drinks, he acts a fool at parties and embarrasses himself.

The flannelled fools cheered as the autumn parade went by, their plaid shirts flapping in the wind.

The villagers left lanterns by the roadside to guide the fool-saints on their nighttime pilgrimage.

They may be young, but they're nobody's fools when it comes to managing money.

Even after the scandal, the trustees insisted they were no one's fools and would protect the charity's funds.

Medieval towns celebrated Feasts of Fools with music, masks, and playful reversals of social roles.

Many of the old empires were built on fools' paradises that collapsed when reality intervened.

Although outsiders dismissed them as motley fools, the group solved the puzzle before anyone else.

History shows that fools to themselves often repeat the same mistakes.