Sentence examples of "silly" in English

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Translations: all12 dumm5 albern3 blöd1 other translations3

I need to ask you a silly question. Ich muss dir eine dumme Frage stellen.

Mary thinks martial arts are silly. Mary findet, dass Kampfsport albern ist.

He's always asking silly questions. Er stellt immer blöde Fragen.

The students bothered the teacher with silly questions. Die Schüler brachten den Lehrer mit dummen Fragen in Verlegenheit.

Come on, don't be silly. Mach schon, sei nicht albern.

It was silly of him to refuse her offer. Es war dumm von ihm, ihr Angebot abzulehnen.

Then I sang a silly song about an ant who tried to wrestle a chewing gum. Dann habe ich ein albernes Lied über eine Ameise gesungen, die versucht, mit einem Kaugummi zu ringen.

Sentences bring context to the words. Sentences have personalities. They can be funny, smart, silly, insightful, touching, hurtful. Sätze geben den Wörtern Zusammenhang. Sätze haben Persönlichkeiten. Sie können lustig, klug, dumm, aufschlussreich, berührend oder schmerzhaft sein.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity. Lest jeden Tag etwas, das sonst niemand liest. Denkt jeden Tag etwas, das sonst niemand denkt. Macht jeden Tag etwas, für das sonst niemand anders dumm genug wäre, es zu tun. Es ist schädlich für den Geist, immer im Einklang zu leben.

In fact, he looked silly. In der Tat sah er lächerlich aus.

How can you say such a silly thing? Wie kannst du so etwas dämliches sagen?

It is a silly practice for non-Christians to send chocolates on St. Valentine's Day. Es ist ein unsinniger Brauch für Nicht-Christen, zum Valentinstag Schokolade zu verschicken.

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