Sentence examples for alien term from inspiring English sources

"We use the phrase 'Cultural Olympiad' all the time and tell people we're part of it but it seems still a slightly alien term to people – I'm sure that will change.

In those days, warriors would have been an alien term, the sort you associated with, say, Prussians.

Howard Hawks took legitimate pride in a certain professionalism, but "artist" and "work of art" were alien terms for him.

Co-payments and top-up insurance were alien terms a decade ago: they are direct imports from the US healthcare industry.

The pressure on the arts from some funders and policy makers to use these alien terms and concepts is often considerable.

Mr. Echezuria was referring to a group of men whose calendars are often marked in steroid cycles and for whom "liposculpting" and "abdominal etching" are by no means alien terms.

"Furthermore, my father was unjustly sacked from his high-ranking civil service post shortly after El Bashir's coup in 1989 simply because impartiality, fairness, and professionalisms were alien terms to the new political masters".

Civil discourse and dialogue are alien terms to them.

Nor is he an undocumented worker, or an illegal alien, terms which have already fallen out of AP favor.

Nor is he an undocumented worker, or an illegal alien, terms which have already fallen out of AP favour.

But it understood that in the case of men such as Vick, even when they admit guilt and plead for forgiveness, the words mercy and compassion are alien terms.