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
• 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
• And for many years, foreign formats appeared to be in a legal gray area.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
• This means your body is trying to battle a foreign substance (the saliva).
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 7 Aug. 2023
• Got a gig picking up people’s food or groceries and got paid by foreign sources?
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 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 law prohibits foreign ships from transporting goods between two points within the US.
  — Thomas Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• The first digit, in the IP code, ranking from zero to six, refers to how suitable a product is to withstand solid foreign objects, such as dust.
  — Mason Leib, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Those phases were first discussed in late November, when a week-long pause in the fighting led to the release of more than 100 women, children and foreign hostages.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Abe was the first foreign leader to meet Trump after the 2016 election, presenting him with a golden golf club in a penthouse at Trump Tower.
  — Tomohiko Taniguchi, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
• At the very least, foreign businesses can expect to experience the sort of raids that have become more common on the mainland.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
• The city still has ample foreign reserves that can be used to prop up the currency, according to officials.
  — Laura He, CNN, 13 June 2023
• Adapting to these foreign surroundings was like putting on a pair of shoes that fit a bit tight but with time, with use, slowly start to feel less uncomfortable.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• The satellite mix is foreign and domestic, young and old, sinister and peaceful.
  — Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• Attempts by the government to prop up the faltering currency have drained the dwindling pool of foreign reserves.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 2 June 2023
• Anything that wasn’t from New York, where hip-hop was born, was attacked like an immune system suppressing a foreign body.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• There is growing anger among the families of the Israeli and foreign hostages in Gaza over the Israeli government’s failure to secure their release.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• The result is an 76 percent increase in foreign residuals for the biggest services.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2023
• The original films were equally popular in the U.S. and overseas, but the prequel is off to a slightly stronger start in foreign territories.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
• The truce has led to the successful release of dozens of Israeli and other foreign hostages and hundreds of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons.
  — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Over the next seven years, a number of countries – most prominently China and Iran – used social media to influence foreign elections, both in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
  — Bruce Schneier, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The project was born from the pain and wonderment of being part of the diaspora in the UK and understanding our identities in lands that would be foreign to our ancestors.
  — Photovogue, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• With more than 40 percent of its population living in poverty, the country is in dire need of foreign investment.
  — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024