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

"He's inspirational because I can relate to him. Coming here as a foreigner and actually making it in life, that's a big inspiration for me," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 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

But if the trader was a foreigner who placed the trades abroad, U.S. authorities might not have a case because of a lack of jurisdiction, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

She says ’tis their way of getting a rise out of us because Dad is a foreigner from the North and he won’t have anything to do with any of them.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt