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US
/ˈfɔɪɫd/
]
[ UK /fˈɔɪld/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔɪld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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disappointingly unsuccessful
their foiled attempt to capture Calais
disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
his best efforts were thwarted
many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
How To Use foiled In A Sentence
- He called the foiled butt "Really juicy and nearly perfect. Physicist Cracks BBQ Mystery
- At around 11 am that day a pensioner foiled another attempted scam by a man and woman in Central Avenue, Gravesend.
- He skipped past two tackles to race into the area, but was foiled crucially at the last moment by Paddy Martin, the big Kilglass No.4.
- However, the alleged attack was foiled by the alert police force of the district.
- But I found my efforts repeatedly foiled by the expectations of the students themselves.
- It announced on July 15 that an attempted coup had been foiled the previous night.
- And even if he does, by then we'll have foiled his plans.
- Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast.
- Always the master of every topic on which he attempts to enlighten, he is neither foiled by the sophistries nor embarrassed by the bravadoes of his opponents. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
- INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Counterterrorism police have foiled an apparent plot to launch a chemical attack in Britain that according to U.S. and U.K. security sources who say the suspects had plans to lace a bomb with a chemical called osmium tetroxide. CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2004