foreigner
Example Sentences
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“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
"A friend told me a foreigner was paying good money for queen ants - the big red ones which are easily seen around here," the former broker said.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
This may have been because he was a foreigner, or a calculating businessman, but Ms. Goldring makes the case that it was Holbein’s irreplaceable artistic prowess that kept him in the king’s good graces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
He was a foreigner, and although I no longer stood in awe of him, still the secret had been long locked up in my breast and would not come out easily.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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