foreigner

Example Sentences

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A university student said he felt like a "foreigner" after losing his ability to speak Welsh following a car crash.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

He is the only foreigner to have served as chief executive of a company among South Korea’s top 30 business groups, according to Park Ju-gun, CEO of Leaders Index, a Seoul-based corporate research firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

"He's inspirational because I can relate to him. Coming here as a foreigner and actually making it in life, that's a big inspiration for me," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

McCullum isn’t the first foreigner to be handed the reins to the England cricket team—four of his predecessors came from Australia and Zimbabwe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Jan was asked several times if he was a foreigner and Jan said no.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright