foil
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Aunt Melissa hands me a bag of kale while she covers the pasta salad in foil.
From Literature
It's a small bag or box, lined with metal mesh or foil, which blocks the electromagnetic signal.
From BBC
And that makes the U.S. team and its 232 athletes, the largest contingent at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, a convenient foil for European wrath.
From Los Angeles Times
Last week, Chinese border police foiled an effort by two men attempting to smuggle 500 pounds of silver into the country from Hong Kong.
In front, a stylist with tight gold pants is working on a man whose head is covered with squares of foil.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
