'foul' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'foul' with 8 example sentences.
- foul adjective
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: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
: offensively malodorous
: violating accepted standards or rules
: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
: characterized by obscenity
: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
: especially of a ship's lines etc
- foul noun
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: an act that violates the rules of a sport
- foul verb
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: hit a foul ball
: make impure
: become or cause to become obstructed
: commit a foul; break the rules
: spot, stain, or pollute
: make unclean
: become soiled and dirty
The referee called a foul inside the area. It's a penalty.
There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.
He uses foul language whenever he gets angry.
The sanctity of this place has been fouled.
Smokers foul up the air.
Detectives don't suspect foul play.
We must get rid of this foul garbage right away.
No love is foul nor prison fair.