Plural of foray

Forms of foray

Forays in a sentence

• Bastian Schweinsteiger and Muller were among many who should have added the third, and City were limited to rare forays with the excellent Boateng pinching the ball off Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov shooting wide in stoppage time.2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
• It made occasional forays into nounhood, in fixed expressions like without fail and no-fail.2009 August 9, Ben Zimmer, “How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection”, in New York Times. From the entry nounhood
• Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 14. From the entry bandeirante
• My few forays into erotic desire for straight women bore the same fruit they usually do for “gold-star” lesbians—frustration and emotional pain.1992 Spring, Carol A. Queen, “Strangers at Home: Bisexuals in the Queer Movement”, in OUT/LOOK, volume 5, number 16, San Francisco…. From the entry gold star lesbian
• Here—only 20 miles across the South China Sea from the enslaved mainland—the Nationalist raiders prepare for their frequent forays into Red territory.1964 January, Sam Duke, “Free China's Savage Commando War Against Peiping”, in Man's Illustrated, volume 8, number 8, →OCLC, page 22…. From the entry Tungyin

Meaning of foray

1. noun A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
2. noun A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
3. verb To participate in a foray.

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Questions about the plural of foray

What is the plural of foray?

The plural of foray is forays.

Is foray countable?

Foray is a countable noun.