Sentence examples for a foreign populace from inspiring English sources

With no army left to defend Tigranocerta, and a foreign populace that gleefully opened the gates to the Romans, Lucullus' army began the wholesale looting and plunder of the city.

Al-Qaeda entered the country after the American invasion and began to spread its destructive ideology among an angry populace seeking to fight a foreign occupier.

The simple answer: For a foreign occupying force to create a unified and effective army from a disunified and disaffected populace was (and remains) a fool's errand.

A foreign correspondent?

A foreign dignitary, perhaps?

A foreign vacation?

Mr. Arden's best-known play, "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance," set in the north of England in the late 19th century, concerns military deserters, horrified by their own participation in a foreign war, who return the skeleton of a fallen comrade to his hometown with the ill-conceived intention of rousing the local populace against the war with further violence.

Molly Biklen New York City Depending on a reader's preconceptions, she or he will interpret Raffi Khatchadourian's article about the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, a ghostly global activist hiding out in a foreign embassy, as a portrait of either a self-involved, two-faced traitor to his own ideals or a crusading hero of the populace ("Man Without a Country," August 21st).

Depending on a reader's preconceptions, she or he will interpret Raffi Khatchadourian's article about the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, a ghostly global activist hiding out in a foreign embassy, as a portrait of either a self-involved, two-faced traitor to his own ideals or a crusading hero of the populace ("Man Without a Country," August 21st).

A foreign national?

A foreign concept.