foreignness

Example Sentences

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In a blistering review, critic Sowmya Rajendran slammed the film as "generic, exhausting and offensive," saying it hides tired cliches behind an "exotic" Kerala setting and a score that overplays the land's "foreignness."

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Still, indigenous spirits and ancestors were worshipped as well, coexisting alongside the Indian imports whose foreignness faded slowly over the centuries.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Ted, having had his fill of foreignness, heads to the Yankee Doodle Burger Barn restaurant, which advertises American food in American portions.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

A chief challenge has been to prevent the recipient’s immune system from rejecting the animal organ — a process that is being addressed by disguising the foreignness of the animal organ through genetic modifications.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

Through most of this, Kathleen had seemed to enjoy the foreignness of it all, the exotic food and animals, and even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien