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Foley

[ foh-lee ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to motion-picture sound effects produced manually:

    a Foley artist.



foley

/ ˈfəʊlɪ /

noun

  1. films the US name for footsteps editor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Foley1

After Jack Foley, sound-effect pioneer at Universal Pictures in the 1930s
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Foley1

C20: named after J.D. Foley (1891-1967), US sound editor
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Example Sentences

The company also published a letter from Foley, the chief executive, asking consumers to keep children and pets away from the machines.

Foley put out a statement admitting the company “made a mistake in our initial response” with regulators.

An early investor and longtime director of Netflix, he compares Foley’s ambitions to those of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.

From Fortune

The Times also stood by Callimachi’s reporting on Foley’s death.

In Foley’s scenario, Trump leads in the tipping-point state of Pennsylvania on election night, but because of Democratic gains in ballots counted in the following days, Biden pulls ahead by a few thousand votes.

A civilian corollary was proven when ISIS waterboarded journalist James Foley before beheading him.

Obama only disclosed the failed mission after Foley was beheaded on camera by his ISIS captors in August.

In Foley Square, a 6-year-old named Marabella sits under a sign that reads, “NYPD Explain This To My Child.”

You might have heard of them around the time U.S. journalist James Foley was decapitated by them.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, John Foley explained that the President seemed upset during their phone call.

There could be no doubt that the girls from Roselawn were welcome when they landed at Dogtown and came to the Foley house.

But Jessie determined to take matters in her own hands for the time being, Mrs. Foley not being present.

When Mrs. Foley and the baby arrived home there stood upon the platform at the back door of the house a most amazing figure.

“You must forgive her, Mrs. Foley,” Jessie said, coming down to meet the woman and taking the baby from her.

“You could not very well help Mrs. Foley in that dress, Henrietta,” Jessie suggested.

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