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Example sentences for: foil

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

He was the perfect foil for Marine cowboy Oliver North.
“Grilled in foil or alongside a ham, turkey or chicken, those who shied away from onions before will delight in their new found vegetable.”
For Mamet, however, the core of the piece is Winslow's daughter, a snootily progressive ingénue and a suitable romantic foil for the conservative Morton.
The stained cells were fixed with 0.5 ml 1% paraformaldehyde and kept (covered with foil) at 4°C until further analysis on Flowcytometer (Becton and Dickinson, San Jose, CA) using Cell Quest software.
The Journal used the word 'foil,' but surprisingly, it did not run a photo of Pfizer's CEO twirling his black mustache."