Foul example sentences

Related (13): dirty, disgusting, offensive, vile, repulsive, nasty, putrid, violation, infraction, penalty, fowl, foulness, foully

"Foul" Example Sentences

  1. The water smelled absolutely foul after the factory dumped chemicals upstream.
  2. He got called for a foul in the third quarter and had to sit out the rest of the game.
  3. I'm not going to repeat what she said — it was foul language, honestly.
  4. The foul weather kept us inside all weekend, which honestly wasn't the worst thing.
  5. She committed a foul by pushing the defender, and the ref didn't even hesitate.
  6. That joke was in such foul taste that nobody laughed — just awkward silence.
  7. The kitchen smelled foul after the garbage disposal broke and nobody noticed for days.
  8. He got a technical foul for arguing with the referee about a call.
  9. There's something foul about the way he treats people when he thinks nobody's watching.
  10. The air quality was so foul that I could barely breathe during my run.
  11. She accused him of playing a foul game, but he swore he was just being competitive.
  12. I woke up with a foul taste in my mouth — probably from that expired yogurt.
  13. The basketball player's foul trouble meant he had to be careful for the rest of the match.
  14. His foul mood lasted all week after he found out about the layoffs.
  15. The referee blew the whistle — it was definitely a foul on number twelve.
  16. That's a foul accusation and you know it.
  17. The river had turned foul and brown after the storm.
  18. She made a foul shot from the free throw line with two seconds left.
  19. I can't believe you'd say something so foul about your own sister.
  20. The foul odor coming from the basement turned out to be a dead rat.
  21. He was benched after picking up his fourth foul in the first half.
  22. The weather forecast says foul conditions all through Thursday.
  23. That's just foul — I can't even look at it without feeling sick.
  24. The tennis player called a foul serve and demanded a replay.
  25. His foul temper got him fired from three jobs in two years.
  26. The foul play in that game was so obvious that even the commentators were angry.
  27. She stepped in something foul on the sidewalk and spent the next hour cleaning her shoe.
  28. Getting a foul called against you in the final seconds is the worst feeling.
  29. The foul air in the subway made my eyes water.
  30. I don't care what he said — nobody deserves that kind of foul treatment.

Common Phrases

  1. foul play
  2. foul language
  3. foul weather
  4. foul mood
  5. foul shot
  6. foul line
  7. foul trouble
  8. foul smell
  9. foul taste
  10. commit a foul
  11. personal foul
  12. technical foul
  13. foul ball

Examples by Level

A1
  1. That smell is very foul.
  2. The foul weather stopped us from playing outside.
A2
  1. He got a foul in the basketball game and had to sit down.
  2. She used foul language when she dropped the hot pan on her foot.
B1
  1. The foul odor from the garbage made everyone leave the room immediately.
  2. He was in a foul mood all morning and nobody wanted to talk to him.
B2
  1. The referee called a foul that seemed completely unfair, and the crowd booed for minutes.
  2. There was something foul about the way he smiled when she told him the bad news.
C1
  1. What began as a minor disagreement descended into foul accusations and bitter recriminations.
  2. The detective suspected foul play from the moment she saw the scene, though she kept her theory to herself.
C2
  1. The foul miasma of corruption that had settled over the institution seemed almost impossible to dispel.
  2. She'd endured enough foul treatment to know exactly when someone was about to cross a line they couldn't uncross.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. My dog rolled in something foul at the park and I had to bathe him immediately.
  2. The foul smell coming from the drain in the bathroom finally made me call a plumber.
💼 Workplace
  1. His foul mood in the morning meeting made everyone nervous about what was coming.
  2. She got called out for using foul language in front of a client and had to apologize.
📊 Business
  1. The investigation revealed foul play in the accounting department — three people were fired.
  2. The company's reputation took a hit after accusations of foul practices in their supply chain.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. I returned the fish because it smelled foul and the store manager didn't even question it.
  2. The foul condition of the used furniture I bought online made me regret not seeing it in person.
✈️ Travel
  1. The foul weather delayed our flight by six hours and we missed our connection.
  2. The hotel room had a foul smell that no amount of opening windows could fix.
📚 Education
  1. The teacher warned students that using foul language would result in detention.
  2. The chemistry experiment went foul when someone mixed the wrong chemicals together.
❤️ Relationships
  1. He said something so foul about her family that she couldn't forgive him, even years later.
  2. We broke up after she caught him in foul play with someone else — I still can't talk about it.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The investigation concluded that foul play was involved in the senator's sudden resignation.
  2. Activists accused the government of foul practices in how they handled the protest.
💻 Technology
  1. The app kept crashing and the reviews were full of foul language from frustrated users.
  2. The foul code in the software caused the entire system to crash on launch day.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The audit discovered evidence of foul accounting practices spanning a period of five years.
  2. Regulations prohibit foul emissions from industrial facilities without proper treatment systems.

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