foreigner
Example Sentences
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“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
"A friend told me a foreigner was paying good money for queen ants - the big red ones which are easily seen around here," the former broker said.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
This may have been because he was a foreigner, or a calculating businessman, but Ms. Goldring makes the case that it was Holbein’s irreplaceable artistic prowess that kept him in the king’s good graces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But Tricia, 75, whose family has lived there for generations, told AFP: "You feel like a foreigner in your own town."
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
She said “Africa” wistfully, like an admiring foreigner, loading the word with exotic excitement.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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