Example sentences for: foes

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

  • The stakes are scarcely lower today, with foes such as Saddam Hussein continuing to menace the international order."

  • Carvings on the columns show Ramses (­in the form of Osiris) making offerings to the gods, but around the walls he is seen smitinghis foes duringbattles in Syria and is depicted as returning in triumph with hundreds of Hittite prisoners.

  • The genuine demagogue assails minorities and labels his foes Communists.

  • Chides New York Mayor Giuliani for taking months to ultimately deny parade permits to his foes while swiftly granting permits to those whose views he endorses.

  • Hong Kong's South China Morning Post also attacked the style of the election, saying "the vote was influenced by an assortment of electoral dirty tricks, involving money, rule-breaking and libelling Kremlin foes on state television," but said that "given their limited choices, the Russian people were suprisingly selective, backing those who may actually do something about the sorry state of their nation."


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