in foreign land

Example Sentences

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The group found that even Naga elders were unaware that their ancestral remains were in foreign land.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

Man alone, intent to stray, Ever turns from WISDOM’S way; Lays up wealth in foreign land, Sows the sea, and plows the sand.

From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Moore, Edward Caldwell

Keep it, to mind you in foreign land   Of the lady's love that set you free.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

Am I to be robbed of the fruits of my philology, made in foreign land, by one English robber? 

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

Sure 'tis fair in foreign land, But not so fair as home; Let me but see thy mountains grand Glaciers and snowy dome!

From O. T. a Danish Romance by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)