Example Sentences

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I am afraid, neighbor Darrell, that somebody has been fooling you and laughing at you, or if not, then the thing will look as if you yourself had been fooling us and laughing at us.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

Never mind all that: it's only a fellow here who has been fooling with the telephone.

From Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress by Shaw, Bernard

"Up, Al, up!" he cried, "I think a cougar has been fooling with our trap!"

From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

"Ummer has been fooling me," muttered the under teacher.

From The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean by Rockwood, Roy

"If it is true, it means that somebody has been fooling us, and you know who he is as well as I do," replied Bonny, who did not care to mention names within Bah-die's hearing.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk