Sentence examples for meaning foul from inspiring English sources

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In Middle English, the species was referred to as foumart, meaning "foul marten", in reference to its strong odour.

It is possibly derived from the French poule, meaning "chicken", likely in reference to the species' fondness for poultry, or it may be a variant of the Old English ful, meaning "foul".

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That's an English translation of the French faute, meaning "fault, foul, misdeed, offense".

The official inquest into her death was opened at London's St. Pancras Coroner's Court and then adjourned two minutes later, after a coroner's officer said the police had determined her death was "non-suspicious," meaning no foul play was suspected.

The judges called America One for a foul, meaning Cayard would need to perform a 270-degree turn to exonerate himself.

Fundamental elements of the game, like the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, the numbers of balls and strikes, and the meaning of a foul ball, would not be resolved for decades.

During the battle for the rebound of a free throw, Chris Childs elbows a San Antonio player, W.W.F.-style, and Mike Smith calls a flagrant foul, meaning the Spurs will get free throws and the ball.

He also defended himself by saying that he suffered a lot on the pitch – meaning he got fouled a lot.

NBA rules stipulate that players are suspended for one game after collecting 16 technical fouls, meaning that Griffin would be forced to sit out the Clippers' regular-season finale against Portland on Wednesday unless his latest technical is rescinded.

Oil palm is often grown on land that has been cleared of peat swamps or rainforests, and competes for land that could be used for growing food, meaning it will fall foul of the proposed EU legislation on both counts.

"The autopsy findings have shown that there was no foul play, meaning that this was a suicide," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

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