Sentence examples for foxhole for from inspiring English sources

However, this still fits into the existing narrative of international treaty rights as a foxhole for people who are already, for reasons of criminality or some other distinction of "vulnerability", (literally) beyond the pale.

Apolo Anton Ohno may have hurtled the heretofore marginal curiosity known as short-track speedskating into the Olympic mainstream Saturday night, when he scrambled sideways across the finish line, like a soldier to a foxhole, for a well-earned silver medal.

You could just feel the tension in the air, and that's when Dad would say to Mom in a voice loud enough for all to hear, "I wonder what they'd do if they were fighting in the war and got stuck in a foxhole for a week, without anything to drink or eat for days, and even had to relieve themselves right where they were so the enemy wouldn't capture them".

To survive, many have dug foxholes for cover, or simply fled their homes to hide in temporary camps less visible to bombers overhead.

"I've lived in a lot worse — foxholes for example," Mr. McKinney, a former career soldier, said as he sat on the edge of the cot and ate from a can of Pringles.

WASHINGTON — The artillery barrage was so intense that the American commandos dived into foxholes for protection, emerging covered in flying dirt and debris to fire back at a column of tanks advancing under the heavy shelling.

Letters From Iwo Jima (2007) -- Near the end of World War II, as American forces prepare to take the tiny strategic island of Iwo Jima, US-educated Lt. General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) oversees the digging of tunnels and deep foxholes for his soldiers, who will fight to defend the honor of Japan, though they are outnumbered and certain to lose the battle.

The book, with the tentative title "An Atheist in the Foxhole," was sold for a low six-figure advance, Gawker said.

David's penchant for orderliness had cans, boxes and bottles standing at attention within the foxhole of the kitchen pantry.

We ran for a foxhole dug out of the sand, which was big enough for five.

The foxhole is shallower, dug for temporary self-protection; the spider hole is for an offensive or suicidal mission.