Get to know Foe better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like enemy or contender.
Foe in a sentence
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Foe meaning
Hostile.
Synonyms of Foe
Using Foe
- The main meaning on this page is: Hostile.
- Useful related words include: enemy, contender, competition, competitor.
- In the example corpus, foe often appears in combinations such as: foe to, foe in, or foe.
Context around Foe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foe
- In this selection, "foe" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conference, formidable, challenging, grandville, comstock and bond stand out and add context to how "foe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a challenging foe because they and a formidable foe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foe" sits close to words such as bud, cortez and escalate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But they’ve also run into a more unlikely foe: the EPA. (12 words)
Don’t be fooled by the lack of a Power Five foe. (12 words)
For Mallow, an old foe provides the opposition on the final day. (12 words)
For decades, China has used giant pandas as a tool of diplomacy, sending the furry ambassadors that double as a national symbol to friend and foe alike in a bid to foster cultural ties and soften Beijing’s image abroad. (40 words)
Both teams now face a quick turnaround as Grand Haven hosts O-K Red Conference foe Grandville on Monday at 7:15 and Spring Lake hosts O-K Blue Conference foe Comstock Park on Monday at 6:45. (38 words)
After using this infantry force by itself at Tours, he studied the foe's forces and further adapted to them, initially using stirrups and saddles recovered from the foe's dead horses, and armour from the dead horsemen. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Both teams now face a quick turnaround as Grand Haven hosts O-K Red Conference foe Grandville on Monday at 7:15 and Spring Lake hosts O-K Blue Conference foe Comstock Park on Monday at 6:45.
After using this infantry force by itself at Tours, he studied the foe's forces and further adapted to them, initially using stirrups and saddles recovered from the foe's dead horses, and armour from the dead horsemen.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are also a challenging foe because they are most active during the day – meaning that’s when they bite – so bed nets aren’t much help against them.
Although Christoph Waltz does manage to impart these traits into his respectable performance, the script depicts ’s Blofeld more as a begrudging, somewhat impish, increasingly annoying foe Bond ultimately captures too easily.
Aside from that, it was a decisive defeat for the Revolution against a familiar Eastern Conference foe.
A solid foe to the Hisense U8H, the all-new TCL 6-Series is available in three different sizes — 55-, 65-, and 75-inch options — but it's the latter that truly catches our attention.
As such, not only has Margolyes proved herself through voice performances, but she also has experience playing a foe within the show's world, even if she didn't meet the Doctor.
At this point, they are a series mainstay, appearing as a major, alien foe since the first game.
Author Iain Reid is teaming up with Garth Davis to bring his novel Foe to life on Prime Video.
Beneath them, Ahsoka and Morgan continue to clash, with Talzin’s blade and the Nightsister magic proving a formidable foe.
But after pushing Purdue into overtime on its home court in December, losing two starters Friday made it virtually impossible to replicate on the road against a motivated foe.
But far from a job-killing foe, generative AI technology has the potential to unburden and empower the next generation of advertising talent.
But they’ve also run into a more unlikely foe: the EPA.
China, our number one geopolitical foe, is supplying components of the drug that is killing them, but it’s our domestic policies that make it easy for China to do so.
Comedians, traditionally afforded a wide latitude to make us laugh, faced the same foe on Twitter that Lenny Bruce faced at the Café Au Go Go.
Don’t be fooled by the lack of a Power Five foe.
East Bladen struck for six runs in the top of the seventh, earning a 10-4 win to split the two-game series against its Southeastern Athletic Conference foe.
Even if Kiryu does somehow manage to get a hit on him, Shishido has such a staggering amount of health that he can easily brush off these attacks, making him the most formidable foe in the game.
For decades, China has used giant pandas as a tool of diplomacy, sending the furry ambassadors that double as a national symbol to friend and foe alike in a bid to foster cultural ties and soften Beijing’s image abroad.
For Mallow, an old foe provides the opposition on the final day.
Common combinations with foe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- foe to 11×
- foe in 11×
- or foe 10×
- formidable foe 9×
- foe the 8×
- and foe 8×
- foe and 8×
- his foe 8×
- foe of 7×
- old foe 6×