Sentence examples for excellent foil from inspiring English sources
Kruger, as usual, is an excellent foil for the stairs.
Her interlocutor's realism is an excellent foil for this idealistic approach.
Another salad uses crisp fennel, its anise flavor an excellent foil for mushrooms, walnuts and Parmesan.
It offers light pear and gooseberry fruit and will be an excellent foil for that starter.
It is an excellent foil for the earthy-yet-fruity and often-light Sicilian frappato and Cerasuolo di Vittoria wines.
And in a soup it is an excellent foil for a host of other fresh, green ingredients.
Large hostas make excellent foils for rodgersias.
Mariusz Kwiecien (Haly) and Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo) were the subplot's excellent foils.
While Celeste's actions are defined, to a point, by her denial, the other two leads (Shailene Woodley and Reese Witherspoon) serve as excellent foils with their clear-eyed energy and the voracity of their compassion.
Offset against an acoustic guitar, Williams and his excellent female foil, Lissie, dissect the destructive nature of rivalry like a couple of backwoods Buddhists.
The plate of assorted pickles ($6), which includes the usual suspects like crisp Kirbys as well as oddball entries like wedges of watermelon, is an excellent, vinegary foil to the richness of just about everything else on the menu.
