in foreign parts
Example Sentences
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The daring exploits of the fearless but charming Englishman in foreign parts was both a staple of popular fiction and also the recreational side of late-Victorian imperialism.
From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2015
“What is it,” a despairing Joseph Roth wrote in The Wandering Jews, “that allows European states to go spreading civilisation and ethics in foreign parts but not at home?”
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015
He was figurative—the straight link with home, the radio voice that for years had filled the living room and that in foreign parts called up its image.
From Time • Nov. 6, 2014
The only U. S. company which rivals this British monster of communications is I. T. & T. This company started out to become another A. T. & T., but in foreign parts.
From Time Magazine Archive
We know that he felt these things, and so has many a traveler in foreign parts who did not know what he was going to find.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
