foxiness

Example Sentences

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The columnist is even willing to bypass foxiness and hedgehoghood to become a guinea pig: You want to know if it is possible to teach a 38-year-old how to drive a stick shift?

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2013

But when Washington finally got around to "clarifying" its action, it turned out that both these schools of thought had vastly overestimated Washington's foxiness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Less convincing than his generosity was Cineman Fox's foxiness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fruit is sweet, rich, sprightly and almost free from foxiness, but is unattractive and does not keep well.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

The grapes have the peculiarity of being best before full maturity, developing, after ripening, a degree of foxiness which impairs the quality.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.