Sentence examples for alien land from inspiring English sources

(The Alien Land Act was repealed in the 1950's).

Vivian L. Montreal Rosary and novena prayers -- anchors in an alien land.

Mr. Rushdie, too, is a beneficiary of hailing from a distant, alien land.

The 1913 California Alien Land Law prevented them from owning land and even invalidated prior purchases.

This is art's main take on the office: a distant and alien land.

On pale blue aerograms, I sent her reports of my new life in an alien land.

Buyers must also pay a 10 percent alien land-holding tax and a 1 percent stamp duty.

In 1887, Congress passed a law prohibiting alien land-ownership in federal territories, which was backlash to a growing number of foreigners acquiring homesteads and large tracts of land as the country expanded.

"Spilt Milk" was significantly less over-the-top than your typical "American Horror Story" episode (I'm leaving out the whole Grace-in-Alien-Land flashback because I don't even know what that was), but I'm kind of OK with that.

In 1921, the state passed the Alien Land Law, which prevented Asians from owning or even leasing land.

The subdivision will finally undo an anachronistic property-leasing arrangement created under the state's 1913 Alien Land Law, which effectively blocked Chinese immigrants and their children from owning land.