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Foiling  n.  (Arch.) A foil.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Foiling" Quotes from Famous Books



... character stands forth more vividly because of its opposition to the other. Of the two women who are loved by Tito Melema, the one, Tessa, is simple and childish, the other, Romola, complex and intellectual. The most interesting stories present a constant contrast of mutually foiling personalities; and whenever characters of varied views and opposing aims come nobly to the grapple in a struggle that vitally concerns them, the tensity of the situation will be augmented if the difference between the characters is marked. This expedient is therefore ...
— A Manual of the Art of Fiction • Clayton Hamilton

... until they descended the steps that the group had an opportunity for forming itself. Miss Loriner, recognizing the girl's perturbation of mind, took her ahead, thus foiling the intentions of Lady Douglass; they could hear her talking of literature to Clarence Mills in a patronizing way. Gertie's cousin said resolutely, "But George Meredith never wrote a poem with that title. You are thinking of Owen Meredith." Lady Douglass answered, ...
— Love at Paddington • W. Pett Ridge



Words linked to "Foiling" :   thwarting, hindrance, frustration, hinderance, interference



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