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Example sentences for: afoul

How can you use “afoul” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Sani Abacha fell afoul of a fatal heart attack--one key element, apparently, in his nation's constitutional system of checks and balances.
Negotiated rate or service changes also may run afoul of the substantive standards prescribed for rates and mail classifications in the Reorganization Act.
To fall afoul of the tiniest law or custom is to issue orgy-invitations to the authorities.
Later, Baker ran afoul of President Andrew Johnson for having allegedly set up his own espionage network within the White House.
Many IRS officials say the drop stems from their fear of running afoul of the new niceness laws and getting fired.