How to Use tomfoolery in a Sentence

tomfoolery

noun

• There was a lot of tomfoolery going on behind the scenes.
• The props for the tomfooleries are nowhere to be found.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
• The tomfoolery ceased and this was his sixth inning to steady.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2018
• One of the bikes breaks easily in the face of a little tomfoolery.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• All this tomfoolery dents the reputation of the marathon, which is among the fastest-growing in the world.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
• No facial tomfoolery there; the process is as fast as the pause between rounds one and two of a standard match.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 13 June 2022
• In 2011, the Panthers brought pee-wee football inspired tomfoolery to the NFL.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
• Teams like the Packers shouldn't resort to such tomfoolery.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
• And Axios co-founder Mike Allen relays his take on the tomfoolery bewitching the swamp.
  — Jon Kelly, The Hive, 27 Oct. 2017
• This match started very slowly, but the crowd got into it upon tomfoolery from The Boys and a chain of dives—most notably from Dutch.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 24 July 2022
• The rhyming names, the matching sailor suits, the tomfoolery of mistaken identities, the two-places-at-the-same-time movie plot — genetics for gags.
  — Anya Groner, Longreads, 9 June 2017
• He and his East Village friends also dreamed up pieces of public tomfoolery.
  — Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
• The cast was great and the weekly tomfoolery was hilarious.
  — Cincinnati.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Despite all the head-scratching tomfoolery, Auburn still had two shots at a Hail Mary at the end to win the game against a Clemson team that would go on to win the national title.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky | [e-mail], AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• For this year's April Fools' tomfoolery, personal care is again a top target.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
• The postseason is no place for such shenanigans or tomfoolery.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2017
• That goes back to one of his first attempts at infield tomfoolery during the 100th Kentucky Derby.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2022
• The tomfoolery didn't stop there, but fortunately, two-thirds of Group A's performances were no joke.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• Max's memories of my dad as a fun grandpa who frequently engaged in tomfoolery are not off the mark.
  — Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2021
• This is just a different stage for performing the tomfoolery.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• After a three-year reprieve, Savage returns to test myths, unfurl duct tape, and get up to the tomfoolery that made fans love the original Mythbusters so much.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2019
• Most of my work is just tomfoolery, but occasionally, I’m called upon for more earnest projects.
  — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• But an actor with Alabama ties makes an appearance in the movie, holding his own amid all the Halloween tomfoolery.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2022
• Today, the Internet's most powerful companies have tried their best to get in on the tomfoolery.
  — Amanda Montell, Woman's Day, 1 Apr. 2013
• There's none of the MacBook Pro Thunderbolt-only tomfoolery here.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2017
• What the attendees get is an instant city, with events and plenty of counterculture tomfoolery, over nine days.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• Marketing gimmick, internet-era tomfoolery, or a sign of the times?
  — Chris Roberts, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• From the boppin’ soundtrack to the formation of the #LawrenceHive, here are the funniest social media reactions to the first episode (Plus the cast and crew were also live-tweeting, so the tomfoolery was at its peak!).
  — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 24 July 2017
• But all that tomfoolery and all those madcap hijinks often obscure the fact that Tony is actually a super smart player.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2020
• The tomfoolery — coming just one day after Barrymore spun around her set with her butt in a giant metal mixing bowl — kicked off just a few minutes into the episode during the Drew's News segment.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024