Example sentences for: foreign

How can you use “foreign” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nor is it a country at the mercy of skittish foreign investors who must be persuaded to roll over its debt: Japan is still the world's largest creditor.

  • Be forewarned: for foreign tourists, Ise is not a destination for picturesque sightseeing, and there isn’t really very much to see or photograph (especially since taking pictures of the Inner Shrine is forbidden).

  • But in most of the British press, as around the world, the main story Monday was Indonesia's capitulation to international pressure by agreeing to allow a foreign peacekeeping force into East Timor.

  • It took Congress more than 200 years to establish this secret court--the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court--and less than 20 years to craft a second in its mold.

  • Sure, the Washington Post is a good enough paper, and we like its local reporting, but its foreign coverage doesn't compare to the Times , the Op-Ed page tends to counteract the effects of my morning coffee (with the exception of the divinely cranky Michael Kelly on Wednesdays--long may he rant), and the editors often seem clueless about how to put together an attractive and readable paper.


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