How to Use foreign in a Sentence

foreign

adjective
  • She has a foreign accent.
  • Have you studied any foreign languages?
  • We don't get many foreign visitors.
  • They've visited several foreign countries.
  • There didn’t seem to be a way around the fact that cells would destroy the foreign mRNA.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Now Lawrence Rudolph, 67, is charged with foreign murder and mail fraud in the death of his wife of 30 years.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 31 July 2022
  • The foreign tour and the work the team is putting in heading into the trip is focused more on team concepts.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • Rudolph was charged with foreign murder and mail fraud.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The three, who lived in Ukraine, were the first foreign fighters to be sentenced since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • Your own feelings could seem rather foreign to you at present.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • There is a place on any basketball court that feels foreign to most members of the Spurs.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Such a run is largely foreign to Texas fans of the Gen Z variety.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 17 Dec. 2022
  • And for many years, foreign formats appeared to be in a legal gray area.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The idea is to cut losses in the foreign markets to sharpen the focus at home in China.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2023
  • An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And that’s so completely foreign to me in my own real life.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Biden’s call was the first Marcos had received from a foreign leader.
    — Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • This means your body is trying to battle a foreign substance (the saliva).
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 7 Aug. 2023
  • No foreign army is coming to boot them out again, and the armed resistance is too weak to overthrow them.
    — ELLE, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Got a gig picking up people’s food or groceries and got paid by foreign sources?
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Love is found on foreign shores during Venus’ five-week passage through Leo.
    — USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • The text read like it was written in a foreign language — a message sent from an inner demon.
    — Heather Weingold, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • About 10% of world trade flows through the canal, a major source of foreign currency for the Egyptian government.
    — Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • The foreign ministries of Hungary and South Africa did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Xi’s last trip to a foreign country was to Myanmar in January 2020.
    — Austin Ramzy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Many of those charges have been filed against protesters and foreign nationals in Iran.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The tax varies for class flown and applies to Maldivian and foreign passengers.
    — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The law prohibits foreign ships from transporting goods between two points within the US.
    — Thomas Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Each team has a distinct identity to lean on and can get the other side into foreign tempos.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The same for the foreign researchers who do so much of the heavy lifting to advance scientific breakthroughs and the vacationers who spend billions on tourism.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025

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