Examples of harebrained in a Sentence
the movie follows the harebrained antics of a pair of stoners who seem incapable of growing up
a harebrained idea to go for a hike in an area where grizzly bear attacks had recently been reported
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There’s enough conversational downtime between each phase of their plan to establish the details of their home lives, which involve either overbearing or distant parents, subtly framing their harebrained crypto scheme as an act of rousing teenage rebellion.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Things got even more harebrained further down the Reddit thread.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
For seven seasons, Ansari played Tom Haverford, the goofy Parks administrator who was constantly cooking up harebrained schemes to make a quick buck, or just entertain himself.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The cartoon comedy is everything that its title implies: The movie follows a cop who is half dog and half man, thanks to a harebrained (but lifesaving) surgery that leads a man and his faithful companion to be fused into one.
—EW.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Things got even more harebrained further down the Reddit thread.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
For seven seasons, Ansari played Tom Haverford, the goofy Parks administrator who was constantly cooking up harebrained schemes to make a quick buck, or just entertain himself.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The cartoon comedy is everything that its title implies: The movie follows a cop who is half dog and half man, thanks to a harebrained (but lifesaving) surgery that leads a man and his faithful companion to be fused into one.
—EW.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Harebrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harebrained. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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harebrained
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hare·brained
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