Blighty

Example Sentences

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The contrast he sought to draw with a gloomy Blighty was not subtle.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

Many folks come here from Blighty to break into America and give up if it doesn’t happen in a year or two.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Kick off: 7pm in Blighty, 8pm at the Arena Baltika on Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2018

Without a moment's hesitation, he replied, 'To go back to Blighty, Sister.'

From The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Yapp, Arthur Keysall