"Afoul" Example Sentences
1. The ship had gone afoul of some rocks.
2. The runners were racing, but one went afoul of the hurdles.
3. The bird got afoul of the wire fence and couldn't fly away.
4. The fisherman's line went afoul of a snag.
5. They warned us to stay away from the area to not get afoul of the law.
6. The politician got afoul of the ethics committee for accepting bribes.
7. The driver went afoul of the traffic rules and got stopped by the police.
8. The swimmers went afoul of the coach's instructions and lost the race.
9. The hiker got lost and went afoul of a bear in the woods.
10. The athlete went afoul of the doping regulations and got disqualified.
11. The businessman went afoul of the IRS for tax evasion.
12. The inventor went afoul of the patent laws and got sued.
13. The artist went afoul of the museum's rules and got banned.
14. The player went afoul of the referee and got a yellow card.
15. The employee went afoul of the company's policies and got fired.
16. The student went afoul of the school's rules and got suspended.
17. The pilot went afoul of the air traffic control's instructions and got grounded.
18. The tenant went afoul of the landlord's lease agreement and got evicted.
19. The journalist went afoul of the media ethics and got demoted.
20. The actor went afoul of the film studio's contract and got blacklisted.
21. The writer went afoul of the publisher's editorial guidelines and got rejected.
22. The chef went afoul of the health department's regulations and got fined.
23. The climber went afoul of the safety procedures and got injured.
24. The driver went afoul of the car manufacturer's warranty terms and got denied.
25. The banker went afoul of the financial regulations and got investigated.
26. The photographer went afoul of the model's rights and got sued.
27. The doctor went afoul of the medical ethics and got reprimanded.
28. The architect went afoul of the zoning laws and got denied a permit.
29. The musician went afoul of the recording company's contract and got dropped.
30. The athlete went afoul of the sports league's policies and got banned from competitions.
Common Phases
1. Things went
afoul on our camping trip; it rained every day.
2. The company's plans for expansion went
afoul; they lost a major investor.
3. The game went
afoul when the referee made a controversial call.
4. The politician's campaign went
afoul when he was caught in a scandal.
5. The experiment went
afoul when one of the variables was not controlled.
6. The boat trip went
afoul when we hit a rock and started taking on water.
7. The team's championship hopes went
afoul when their star player got injured.
8. The dinner party went
afoul when the main dish was burned.
9. The hiking trip went
afoul when we lost our trail map.
10. The construction project went
afoul when there were unexpected delays.