foreignness

Example Sentences

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In a blistering review, critic Sowmya Rajendran slammed the film as "generic, exhausting and offensive," saying it hides tired cliches behind an "exotic" Kerala setting and a score that overplays the land's "foreignness."

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

In this telling, Mamdani wasn’t simply eating rice — he was signaling foreignness, defiance and a refusal to assimilate.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

Still, indigenous spirits and ancestors were worshipped as well, coexisting alongside the Indian imports whose foreignness faded slowly over the centuries.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In a statement excerpted in the show’s wall text, the Finnish-born Konttinen notes that her foreignness meant “I could be nosy, and be forgiven.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline