emigrant

Example Sentences

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McCoy, 45, has since relocated to Romania and works as a consultant helping other Americans with more limited means join the emigrant wave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

His wife Heidi Goodwin and her family have been Nature Friends regulars since the early 1960s, when their German emigrant father Benno Werstein joined.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

I’m a Russian emigrant journalist and former political activist.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2025

Bestselling author Joseph O'Connor has written extensively about the Irish emigrant experience.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

Whether you’re called an emigrant or an immigrant depends on whether you’re going or coming, and on the point of view of the speaker.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner