Sentence examples for was overseas from inspiring English sources

"My parents died when I was overseas.

But up until college, my life was overseas.

Their first child, James, was born while Kelly was overseas.

They were all there, near the letters we had sent each other while I was overseas.

It was the winter his sister, Lily, was sick with polio and his dad was overseas.

The war that was happening when Bush was in office was a war that was overseas.

Blumenthal was overseas on the day of my visit to the Fat Duck.

Most of 3M's growth was overseas, where the company makes more than half its sales.

I was overseas during a recession and I can't remember the downturn back home ever entering my work.

Dr. Linda Brady, the hospital's chief executive, was overseas and was unavailable for comment, said Enid Dillard, a hospital spokeswoman.

The company did not identify the rebuffed bidder, but several media reports said it was Overseas Union Enterprise, a unit of Indonesia's Lippo Group.