Our attachment has never seemed foolish to us, even when Art Modell taught us that our team was really all his team.

But they are playing for October, not August, and choosing any other course of action would have seemed foolish.

He hadn't told anyone about it yet for fear of seeming foolish or mad, and there was no point starting now.

Seemed foolish to me, but she's the only sister I got.

"As there are so few of us, it seemed foolish to use the House tables.... Sit down, sit down!"

Sara relaxed against him, her earlier fear seeming foolish now.

Yes, the Cause was dead but war had always seemed foolish to her and peace was better.

Embarrassed, resentful, full of chagrin - but it hadn't seemed foolish all those times when she'd been feeling alone and so unhappy!

But altruism . . . That had always seemed foolish to him.

Many factors play a part: the self-esteem of the individual, the fear of seeming foolish, and so on.