Sentence examples for foiled are from inspiring English sources

If we had shared intelligence with Pakistan about our impending SEALS attack on bin Laden, the chances that it would not have leaked and been foiled are about zero.

Terrorist attacks in Britain, whether successful or foiled, "are not simply random plots by disparate and fragmented groups", he insisted.

The bookmakers, delighted to see the gamble on Rewilding foiled, were still giving little away in their post-race quotes, which rate Workforce between 4-1 and 6-1 for the Arc.

Yes, minor terrorist attacks and announcements about foiled plots are now routine events.

The easily-foiled scanners are a waste of your taxpayer money, an invasion of your privacy and most likely, a danger to your health.

Mr. Dastous, the foiled buyer, is already deeply disappointed.

With his plot foiled, Onishchenko was expelled from the Games.

• Peter Guttridge's Foiled Again was published last week by Headline, £17.99.

According to one, the foiled attack was not a terrorist bombing but a planned assassination of a senior Syrian official.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the foiled attack was proof of the continuing need for vigilance around the world.

The newspaper said the foiled attempt was planned by an Al Qaeda unit headed by a Qatari national.