Example sentences for: foul

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

  • The other is to read Christopher Ruddy's new book, The Strange Death of Vincent Foster . Ruddy, of course, is the Inspector Clouseau of the Foster case--a determined, if bumbling, former New York Post reporter who has virtually single-handedly spawned a cottage industry of conspiracy buffs dedicated to the proposition that a foul and monstrous cover-up surrounds the circumstances of Foster's death.

  • Here Socrates regaled the people with his philosophical theories — unfortunately for him he fell foul of the authorities and was put to death in 403 b.c.

  • "Sounds like another one of Darryl Strawberry's romantic liaisons about to be called foul by the vice squad."

  • Today billingsgate is used to mean foul and abusive language:

  • USAT and the Post lead with the National Transportation Safety Board's announcement that EgyptAir 990's cockpit voice recorder indicates foul play, a story fronted (above the fold) by the NYT and the LAT .


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