Blighty
Example Sentences
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Those cameras have spread his fame far beyond Blighty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
His 80,000-word account of the experience was found in an online auction won by amateur social-historian David Wilkins, who has now published it under the title Blighty or Bust.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022
Many folks come here from Blighty to break into America and give up if it doesn’t happen in a year or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Another delightful prose contribution is "Back to Blighty," by Joseph Parks, a vivid vignette of one phase of military life.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
