Sentence examples for foil him from inspiring English sources

Photo: Bellamy Road, the early Kentucky Derby favorite, had a strong workout at Churchill Downs, but owners of rival horses are planning strategies to foil him.

Then they let the horse leave the plane, and everybody headed for nearby Belmont Park, where Real Quiet joined most of the expected 11 contenders who will try to foil him on Saturday.

There was an ebb and flow to proceedings with Ofere breaking down the right and crossing for Watkins who got a touch, only for Letheren to foil him with a smart save at his feet.

While Mr. Obama's words have become less soaring and more confrontational toward Republicans after four years in which they sought to foil him, David Plouffe, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, said on the CNN program "State of the Union" on Sunday that the president had written a "hopeful" inaugural address for Monday's ceremony.

Portia foils him in his attempt in a way that is both clever and shystering.

But the town foiled him by mandating that breezeways can be only twice as long as they are wide.

It is James against Thibodeau's defense, which foiled him in two of the last four postseasons when Thibodeau was an assistant with Boston.

The Red Sox foiled him again, pounding him for five runs, five hits and four walks over three and a third innings.

Cissé almost atoned for his earlier miss by redirecting a Mitrovic header towards goal, but Ruddy foiled him with a full-length save.

Two hours more elapsed before the fight began, Blakely having tacked and attempted to pass to windward of his enemy; Manners, much too clever to surrender any advantage p156 needlessly, had tacked at the same time, and standing from the American, had foiled him.

The weather foiled him again.