Ian will often break any tension with a well timed joke and acts as a good foil to the more serious Lloyd.

This frequently makes him a good foil to Gordon, who is similarly pompous but more mature and no nonsense.

War and trials are good foils for one another.

It would provide a good foil for Sieske's dress without stealing any of its limelight.

"The setting is a good foil for the jewel," he said in her ear.

But the great trombone players are good foils, period: that's their job.

The grandmaster class is most amenable to computers, possibly because they make good foils.

But he's found two good foils for his newest band, and both are tenor saxophonists.

The sweet coconut is a good foil to the pepper.

Grasses relatively easy to grow and a good foil to other plants.