foreigner
Example Sentences
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Although Alfredo is Mexican, he feels like a foreigner in the country he left behind when he was a teenager.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
As a foreigner, Felix was afforded some security from persecution at the hands of French Catholics, provided he kept a low profile and focused on his studies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
"After this year, will we be better able to recognise a pilgrim in the visitor, a seeker in the stranger, a neighbour in the foreigner, and fellow travellers in those who are different?"
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
I was told that this was the first time such an honor was accorded to a foreigner since Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois had come to Ghana.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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