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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:

The Journal used the word 'foil,' but surprisingly, it did not run a photo of Pfizer's CEO twirling his black mustache."
But it's mainly there as a foil to an evening dress by Geoffrey Beene (1968) with a football number in glittering beading.
And yet, for the wider public, black and white, Malcolm was also a helpful foil to King, whose munificence looked noble and whose radicalism looked moderate in contrast.
These two are intended as a foil for the nonjudgmental main characters--the sort of fake liberals who proclaim tolerance out of one side of their mouths and issue snobbish put-downs of gays, blacks, and Brooklyn out of the other.
Inside the brick tower, which looks like a remnant of the old city wall, are astronomical displays, including a gold foil map of the heavens as they were plotted in China 500 years ago.