How to Use foiled in a Sentence

foiled

adjective
  • The foiled garlic head can be placed in a muffin tin for easy cleanup.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2021
  • And if that weren't enough, there was a foiled plot to storm the capitol and kidnap the governor.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The foiled fourth-down pass with 46 seconds left squashed the Badgers’ last hope.
    — Steve Megargee, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • And while no one dies just because of a threat, fake or foiled attacks can be terrifying, too.
    — Kelly Virella, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Wear the topper alone for the most subtle sparkle, or the cream and powder together for foiled eye look.
    — Monica Schipper, ELLE, 20 Oct. 2022
  • And while thankfully no one dies because of a threat, fake or foiled attacks can be terrifying, too.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The foiled robbers snatched a wallet from the Volvo and returned to the Mercedes.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The foiled attack came on a continent that has been hit repeatedly by terror in recent weeks.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 21 June 2017
  • Smith reworked in forms of foiled silver fabric with screen print repeat motif woven into knitwear with citrus and sky blue.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • But the foiled groom-to-be, undeterred, is already hatching plans to line up Colin Kaepernick to take a knee for him.
    — Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
  • Recently, this included a foiled plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan.
    — Barbara Ortutay and David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Khodaei was involved in a foiled plot to kill Israeli businessmen in Cyprus in the fall of 2021, according to some of the people.
    — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 26 May 2022
  • In 2010, he was detained and charged in connection with a foiled plot to fly cocaine to Liberia and Ghana from South America.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • An Austrian man who authorities said pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group pleaded guilty Tuesday to a foiled plot to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna.
    — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Aftermath of Reagan assassination attempt The foiled 1981 assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan left James Brady, his press secretary, disabled.
    — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 June 2022

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