Sentence examples for foreign compatriots from inspiring English sources

I learned this one from lots of conversations with my foreign compatriots.

He would eagerly seek out newspapers from home and favourite television channels on the useless hotel set; try to find familiar food on foreign menus, and hearty compatriots on the beaches; and in general got away from nothing, if he could help it.

This new relationship is beyond the importation of the famed Cuban cigars and rum; the relations will ultimately build more bridges than walls, define our domestic and foreign policies with our compatriots, and enable us to understand the new ethnic America.

Other names have been floated in the last two days -- among them Celso Amorim of Brazil, a former diplomat who works for the United Nations in Geneva; Abdul Minty, a South African nuclear expert; and, most recently, Ali Alatas, a former Indonesian foreign minister, and his compatriot Nugroho Wisnamurti, who was Indonesia's United Nations ambassador and later foreign secretary.

Watching your compatriots run across foreign lands to reach a place of safety and dignity darkens the hours.

With Kremlin talk of "privileged interests" in Russia's neighbourhood, and a litany of real and imagined grievances there, it is easy to imagine a resurgent Russia whipping up its millions of compatriots, living in foreign countries thanks to the collapse of the Soviet empire, into a frenzy while the outside world stands aloof.

French automakers may also face the kind of buyer skepticism American car companies encountered a generation or two ago, when domestic consumers often felt the choice came down to buying the best car — meaning a foreign one — or supporting their compatriots' jobs.

Referencing his own struggle against the Derg regime, Meles said he and his compatriots received no foreign funding, but were willing to sacrifice and die for their cause, and Ethiopians today must take ownership of their democratic development, be willing to sacrifice for it, and defend their own rights.

"In liaison with the Malian authorities, they (French authorities) are fully mobilized to seek and release, as soon as possible, our compatriot," the French foreign ministry said.

He said that he, like many of his compatriots, disliked and distrusted foreign fighters.

It is so plaintiff-friendly in Britain that London is the venue of choice for foreign potentates seeking to sue critical compatriots.