Foes

Examples

• 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.
• Exorbitant desire for uniformity of procedure and for prompt external results are the chief foes which the open-minded attitude meets in school. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When unopposed they spread their ravages wide; in cases of danger they clustered, and by dint of numbers overthrew their weak and despairing foes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Editor: Pedro