Foe

Examples

• Think you, Tars Tarkas, that John Carter will fly at the first shriek of a cowardly foe who dare not come out into the open and face a good blade? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I always thought this was business, this was the way to confront the thing, this was the way to take the foe by the throat. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The first sound of martial instruments that came upon our undisciplined foe, inspired surprise, not unmingled with dread. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He lay here for a time, but the enemy coming with a heavy force upon his right flank, he was compelled to fall back, followed by the foe. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The troops on both sides were American, and united they need not fear any foreign foe. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Moreover, experience, not content with its proper position of subordination, was the great foe to the acknowledgment of the authority of reason. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• She tied a knot with flashing eyes, as if it throttled a foe. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Chinese war rocket was a long, heavy affair, fitted at the end with a barb-like arrow, and to a foe unacquainted with firearms, it must have seemed a formidable missile. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Stepping backwards, facing the foe as he went, he guarded his prey to the counting-house. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She turned on her father's knee, and gazed at her foe anxiously and long. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• With what dread force the conviction would grasp me that Fate was my permanent foe, never to be conciliated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• One by one the tribe swung down from their arboreal retreats and formed a circle about Tarzan and his vanquished foe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We went out with the resolution of disputing with our foe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Shall man be the enemy of man, while plague, the foe to all, even now is above us, triumphing in our butchery, more cruel than her own? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Reconciled not without good reason, depend on it--making common cause against some common foe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Moors and Spaniards are foes forever now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To their nostrils came the salt savor of the sea, and at intervals they could hear the songs and revelry of their foes on the beach below. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They had other foes besides the British to engage, or were preparing for a final onset. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Punic foes—Punic faith! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• What chance had I, then, to rescue Dejah Thoris were I to be compelled to fight foes who never showed themselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Coming down to the seventeenth century, we are told of the great Bijapur cast-iron gun, the Lord of the Plain, cast by the Mogul emperor Auremgzebe or by his foes the Mahrattas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As one man we moved, an irresistible fighting mass, over the bodies of dead and dying foes toward the gorgeous throne of the Martian deity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The blood-red haze that presaged death to my foes swam before my eyes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The practicability of this plan has undergone much discussion; its friends and foes being equally confident in their opinions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The red men charged for the interior, and then we turned to continue our interrupted battle; but our foes had vanished. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Self-consciousness, embarrassment, and constraint are its menacing foes. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Our foes never have been, nor will be, those of our own household. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• With no mercantile marine of their own to guard, they had a free field for attack in the abundant shipping of their foes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the handsome face of the boy a grim smile played, and ever and anon he threw a taunting challenge to the foes that faced him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Unless my recollections deceive me, we were not foes-- You speak very vaguely. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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