Blighty

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of Blighty The scene plays out like a Blighty version of A Few Good Men, with Dalton in the Tom Cruise role, deftly provoking Livingston into a confession. Jack King, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025 According to The Associated Press, more than 29,000 people have hit the shores of Blighty this year on small boats, after over 46,000 last year. Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023 Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022. Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023 The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023 Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village. John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Blighty
Noun
  • Other countries like Russia, China and Syria limit access to VPNs and what VPN providers can operate in their countries.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • With United Nations climate talks around the corner in November, Rockström and other researchers hope leaders in countries around the world will incorporate scientific perspectives about the food system into their national policies.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Longtime Pegram resident Amber Dorton Covington says a friend tipped her off about the movie’s connection to her hometown, though few things in the film reminded her of home.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Though Thompson did not move back to Louisville, the ties to his hometown remained.
    Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her perky protagonist notably navigated a romantic relationship with vampire Bill Compton and explored the roots of her own fairy ancestry.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The brand, which began as a music label in 2002 before adding a ready-to-wear line in 2005, will retain Maison Kitsuné’s youth culture roots while targeting a more mature audience.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Days before Kidman filed for divorce from Urban, Baugh — a 25-year-old country star who is currently on tour with Urban and his band — posted an eyebrow-raising video from a recent show that caught fans off guard.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The 43-year-old country singer and wife Cassie, 42, welcomed their second baby together, son Archer Lancaster Kelley, a rep for the couple exclusively shares with PEOPLE.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Blighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Blighty. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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