How do you use Foul in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dirty or grime, plus the exact meaning.
Foul in a sentence
Related words
Foul meaning
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
Synonyms of Foul
Using Foul
- The main meaning on this page is: Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | Obscene, vulgar or abusive. | Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- Useful related words include: dirty, bemire, colly, grime.
- In the example corpus, foul often appears in combinations such as: the foul, foul play, foul on.
Context around Foul
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foul
- In this selection, "foul" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flagrant, technical, blatant, shots, language and line stand out and add context to how "foul" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a blatant foul involving physical and a common foul for this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foul" sits close to words such as recession, rushing and achievements, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foul
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Foul weather doesn’t always mean foul play. (8 words)
The ability of McGinn to win foul after foul was the most striking aspect of the first quarter. (18 words)
Because of the flagrant foul, the Bucks retained the ball, but Antetokounmpo was called for an offensive foul. (18 words)
Lockhart got the ball back with 1:21 to play down by 3 and eventually brought the game to 44-45, but a foul near the end of regulation sent a Lobos guard to the foul line where he’d tack on another point and ice the game. (48 words)
A foul was assessed on Pedulla, but Tech coach Mike Young insisted on a replay review, and the officials, after a lengthy discussion amongst themselves, decided to add a deadball technical on Zona, which was his fifth foul of the night. (41 words)
The referees regained control of the game by calling the play even closer the rest of the way and the Hilltoppers were able to pad their lead at the foul line as Medora was forced to foul to conserve clock. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A blatant foul involving physical contact that is either excessive or unnecessary is called an intentional foul (flagrant foul in the NBA).
Thus a foul fly ball may be entirely out of play in a park with little space between the foul lines and the stands, but a foulout in a park with more expansive foul ground.
A foul was assessed on Pedulla, but Tech coach Mike Young insisted on a replay review, and the officials, after a lengthy discussion amongst themselves, decided to add a deadball technical on Zona, which was his fifth foul of the night.
First, a foul called on the Cavaliers was overturned via a coach’s challenge and later he was called for a technical foul for hanging on the rim.
I think it’s a silly foul for Porto to make, although I’m not even sure it was a foul.
It was that shooting foul at 10:34 that helped FAU re-take the lead with two foul shots from Johnell Davis to go up 19-17.
Kelenic and J.P. Crawford reached on walks in the fifth, but Davis took care of business again, getting Rodriguez to foul out to Cron in foul territory near first base.
First of all, Morgan Rogers initiates the foul by pulling Anderson’s shirt and then Anderson there’s another foul pulling his shirt.
Foul weather doesn’t always mean foul play.
Green was already called for a technical foul earlier in the game, and earned nothing but a common foul for this move.
He regularly performs an imitation of the pastor Franklin Graham advising him not to use foul language, before using foul language.
Officials originally called a personal foul on Davis, but decided to upgrade that penalty to a hook and hold, which is a flagrant foul.
On a night when a lot of contact did not produce a whistle, a touch foul gave Holiday three foul shots and essentially gave the Rockets a win.
On the second goal they should take longer to analyse the foul from Craig Dawson, because it is a foul.
The ability of McGinn to win foul after foul was the most striking aspect of the first quarter.
A foul in the box on a challenge, the first foul of the half on the Cavaliers, set up the chance for the Tar Heels.
Because of the flagrant foul, the Bucks retained the ball, but Antetokounmpo was called for an offensive foul.
Lockhart got the ball back with 1:21 to play down by 3 and eventually brought the game to 44-45, but a foul near the end of regulation sent a Lobos guard to the foul line where he’d tack on another point and ice the game.
The referees regained control of the game by calling the play even closer the rest of the way and the Hilltoppers were able to pad their lead at the foul line as Medora was forced to foul to conserve clock.
Genki Haraguchi’s foul on Falcao earned Colombia a foul on the edge of the box and Quintero fired a low free kick under the leaping wall.
Common combinations with foul
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the foul 27×
- foul play 22×
- foul on 22×
- foul line 16×
- foul of 11×
- of foul 11×
- for foul 11×
- technical foul 9×
- foul trouble 9×
- foul ball 7×