be a foil to
Example Sentences
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The many people that fall down may be a foil to illustrate the dangers of the path, for the purpose of deepening the impression of improvement.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
He presented me in society under the expectation that my dulness would be a foil to his qualities.
From The Lily of the Valley by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Katrine was alone, there was no other woman's face to either rival or be a foil to hers, and after the first six weeks her beauty ceased to sting and surprise Stephen's senses.
From A Girl of the Klondike by Victoria Cross
I could at least be a foil to this healthy, vigorous young beauty who was two inches taller than I, and might have my share of the advantages which go with all antithesis.
From The High Heart by Basil King
I won't go about to be a foil to her.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
