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Sentence Examples The officers also foiled a protected animals smuggling attempt to South Korea, South Africa and Japan. An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead. But their plan was foiled by detectives who were sitting in wait near the Swissport cargo warehouse on May 17 last year. Fairweather arrived last season when they foiled Albion's clean sweep by taking the District Cup. Eavesdropping criminals who use scanners to monitor North Yorkshire police will be foiled by the force's new digital radio system. Once the attack was foiled, the column moved forward and eventually emerged on the plains beyond the badlands. Holden and Rhodes were combining well down the right and the former was foiled when he mishit his volley. Rumours circulated that other attempts to photograph the families together had been foiled when McConnell ungallantly jumped behind Wark. I don't think any terrorist plot was ever foiled because we couldn't take our little nail scissors on board. A dispatcher at the County Jail foiled an attempted break by as many as five men from the fourth-floor maximum security cell block. An armed attack on an armoured security van carrying thousands in cash was foiled by undercover police. It was the second time in three months that a member of the public had foiled the habitual burglar's crimes. An elderly woman foiled an attempt by con men to burgle her home after she became suspicious and screamed and shouted at them until they left. Police are trying to trace a have-a-go hero who foiled a machete wielding robber at a petrol station. In June last year a gang foiled high-tech security and made off with a haul of priceless antiques. In all likelihood, we may become overnight celebrities thanks to the media hype, even if we were foiled in our daring plans. A father refused to let his broken foot stop him making a citizen's arrest when he foiled a gang's plot to rob his village store. Previous attempts by local entrepreneurs to establish broiler farms were foiled by dumping below cost from the large producers in South Africa. Telephone fraudsters are being foiled in their attempts to con people out of hundreds of pounds. He comes down from the clouds clutching his prize, only to be foiled, bottled up, either losing possession or conceding a free for over-holding. Show More Sentences At around 11 am that day a pensioner foiled another attempted scam by a man and woman in Central Avenue, Gravesend. Police and the army have already foiled several bomb attacks and captured several suspected terrorists. Police foiled a 1999 kidnap plot against Victoria and Brooklyn, although no one was arrested in that case. Police foiled their attempt to march out of the Dhaka University campus to demonstrate on the street. On May 30, the government announced that it had foiled a second coup attempt. The security company which foiled the abduction of a baby from a maternity hospital is to create 200 new jobs in a nationwide expansion. I was informed recently that it was a Johnson who foiled the gunpowder plot. But I found my efforts repeatedly foiled by the expectations of the students themselves. These attempts were foiled as Vince flew through open gaps before the water could tighten around his body. Well, it looks like all my zest for writing what could possibly have turned into a dirty little article has been foiled. However, the alleged attack was foiled by the alert police force of the district. The area's sheer size no doubt foiled the patrols, but confusion as to who ought to be ejected also likely played a part. At the other end Foy was foiled twice before Kilheeney's cross was scrambled clear, as the game swung from end to end. They tried to get close to the animal but were foiled by the frustrated beast. It was Brown who foiled the striker, spreading himself to take Beattie's shot full in the chest. While lord of the castle, he longs for useful work such as he did at the forge, but even his furtive attempts to fix a castle lock are foiled. A cashpoint plot to steal customers' bank details and plunder their accounts was foiled by an eagle-eyed customer. A vigilant prison officer has foiled a plan to smuggle a large quantity of heroin into a maximum security jail. A man dressed as Batman during a Children in Need charity fundraiser foiled an attempt by thieves to make off with event proceeds. The story of a young architect's vision foiled by wrangling politicians is now the stuff of folklore, making it the perfect subject for an excellent musical melodrama. Show More Sentences A few days later, an Associated Press story reported that Western intelligence agencies had foiled an AQAP plot. But thanks to us alert Icelanders this evil plot is foiled yet again. But then the Bangladeshi whose bomb plot was foiled yesterday turned his aim to the New York Fed. Security officials of the Life Insurance Corporation and people present foiled an attempt to loot Rs 2 lakh in cash and revenue stamps Rs 7,000 here yesterday. Third, the several failed and foiled attacks reveal that the terrorists use low-level technology, and exploit unbalanced individuals, nothing like Atta. They were called La Red Avispa and claim to have successfully foiled a number of threats against the island. Its paramilitary rangers yesterday said they had foiled a major attack bid in the restive port city of Karachi, recovering a huge cache of weapons but making no arrests. Lost in the noise about these dangerous operations was a foiled plot in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late last year. The landlords despaired of this campaign because it foiled their plans to relet the evicted holding to a solvent tenant or stock the farm with their own cattle. Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast. Twice in the last two years, the Saudis foiled al Qaeda plots to attack American cities. My heart raced as I thought that my plan had been foiled once again. A conwoman who has been waking people in the middle of the night, spinning a sob story to trick them out of money has been foiled by an 80-year-old woman. In 2002, an Islamist plot to poison the London underground with ricin was foiled as well. If he is indeed plotting against us, his plans will be foiled. Earlier attempts by Chinese and French icebreakers to reach the Russian ship were also foiled by the thick ice, the report added. For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon. First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert. By 1940, there were few German agents operating in Great Britain and a handful of bungled attempts to insert spies into the country were foiled. A first invasion attempt led by Malco was foiled by the victorious Nuraghic resistance. Show More Sentences The French invasion plan was foiled, but La Hogue was not the devastating blow to the French Navy it was once thought. Reaching Suez, he discovered that the Ottomans had long had intelligence of his raid, and foiled his attempt to burn their beached ships. This effort was foiled by sandy shoals, and the Halve Maen continued north. Firstly the Great Western Railway had been foiled in its attempt to enter Birmingham by the Midland, but it still had designs on Manchester. Martyrs' Kalim Ali went closest after the break but was foiled by a last ditch block, while Dean Clarke had a half volley saved. Flying squad detectives have foiled a robbery after a lorry with a mechanical arm was used to rip a cash machine from a bank. The Mexican middle class, during its spurt of civicism, tried to ensure the election's credibility and was foiled. Dumbuya and former inspector general of police Bambay Kamara was foiled. A plan to take Rouen by mining was foiled due to Bedford's victory. The Germans' late attempt to blow the road bridge was possibly foiled by a local Dutch resistance hero, Jan van Hoof, who is said to have cut the wires to the bridge. Superior English ships and seamanship foiled the invasion and led to the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588, marking the high point of Elizabeth's reign. The cabal to destroy the building was foiled by federal agents. Although they laid their hands on the Imperial State Crown, Sceptre and Orb, they were foiled when the keeper's son turned up unexpectedly and raised the alarm. And when an expiry date is set, it cannot be foiled in the usual manner by turning back a computer's clock, because it can use an online timeserver. The penniless fantasist, who pleaded guilty to blackmail, came up with the scheme after reading about a similar plot against the Ecclestones that was foiled earlier this year. A royalist uprising was planned for 1 August 1659, but it was foiled. Superior English ships and seamanship had foiled the invasion. All that energy and enthusiasm quickly evaporated into the world-weariness of John Thaw's Inspector Morse as yet another potential coup was foiled near the line. An attempt to amalgamate the line with the GN was foiled by Ellis, who managed to obtain an Order in Chancery preventing the GN from running into Nottingham. Examples from Classical Literature Seeing me foiled, Charley advanced with the doubtful aid of a sophism to help me. By this simple method, the bees which come to make the attack will be foiled, and constrained to act with great disadvantage. If you fail in the former, you will often be foiled in your attempts at the latter. To take his hat and go would have been his natural resource, but then he did not wish to be foiled in his object. Unflinchingly he stands the inquisitorial glance, and for the time Phoebe is foiled. But it was the programme of peace which was pursued as undeviatingly then as since, with a constancy which refused to be foiled. Campos knew that he had once more been foiled, and he gave the order to retreat at once. But know, Quentin Durward, that you have foiled me to the marring of thine own fortune. Reform was foiled, as Burke put it, because the turnspit in the king's kitchen was a member of parliament. His madness foiled his reason, and a puzzled look spread over his face as, shaking his head with a decision which I had but seldom seen in him. But these bold men of the coastguard are not often or easily foiled. But Danbury scarcely looked around to see who had foiled him. However, McCoy's bid for a quick follow up on another favourite, Trifolium, was foiled by 7-2 chance Balder Sucess. This summer a significant attempt on the Foreign Office system was foiled, and we will respond as robustly as to any security threat. This is a desperate act of Indian braves when foiled in war, and in dread of scoffs and sneers. The Greenwich party, foiled in this attempt, now disavowed it. Boyle tried to gun down Brindle at his East End home in September 1995 but was foiled by undercover police disguised as gasmen. For foiled ambition is the hydra-headed monster of the Lerna marsh. But if she had meant to kill it the unfilial attempt was foiled. The new currency, ornately designed with silver foiled on high-quality paper, radiates the true meaning of America. Show More Sentences He said that his attempts to pretend nothing was amiss were foiled by the stifled laughter of the verger. Every subsequent attempt to reimpose that yoke213 was foiled. A gigantic group of Pacific walruses, foiled from reaching prime feeding grounds by missing ice, gathered September 23 near Point Lay, Alaska, on the shore of the Chukchi Sea. Henderson then finished the half as he started it by putting an effort wide and Williams foiled Ben marshall early in the second half before madine struck the crossbar. It may be observed that these sophisms all occur in his cross-examination of Meletus, who is easily foiled and mastered in the hands of the great dialectician. Court workers uncovered the centre court several times during the day, lifting fans' hopes, but on each occasion a new cloud-burst foiled organisers' plans. Robert Olejnik had foiled the on-loan Irishman twice before he drilled the ball past the Bairns keeper in the 34th minute after being set up by Morten Rasmussen. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of foiled? Words that rhyme with foiled What is the adjective for foiled? What is the noun for foiled? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words FOIL foil foie foibles foible FOIA foiling foils foin foison foist foisted 6-letter Words Starting With f fo foi foil foile