And whenever he did so and retired, foiled, with the consciousness of having given an unmanly stab to weakness, his man's desire to think well of himself made him put the blame upon her.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
He was worn out in body, and savage from being foiled by the swollen river at each attempt he made, but while the odds against him were rapidly growing heavier he meant to fight.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
It was as though he had materialized out of the darkness, an elderly imp foiled in his mischievous designs.
"Command"
William McFee