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How to use abroad in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, noun, preposition

Abroad means beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. Example: “A tree spreads its branches abroad.”

Examples of abroad by meaning

adverbBeyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

  • A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times

adverbAt large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.

  • A tree spreads its branches abroad.

adverbWithout a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.

  • But the time was soon over, and before he realized it Tarzan found himself abroad again.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published...
  • There were very few people abroad and the two men standing quietly under a tree on the opposite side of the boulevard looked out of place.1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 6, in Casino Royale, page 34

nounCountries or lands abroad.

  • I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted
  • I am not, however, a xenophobe: obviously, abroad has some good ideas—arranged marriages, violent revolutions and so on.c. 1991, New Statesman & Society, volumes 3–4, page 180
  • I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad.2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard

adjectiveInternational.

  • At certain point Lalit couldn't take it anymore and left for months to an abroad trip.2022 February 19, Deepika Kathiresan, Yuva Janani, Felicible Paradise, Unvoiced Heart, page 31
  • He had contracted the disease during an abroad trip to draw up an agreement for the mass production of low-power engines.2022 June 24, Alessandro Ferrari, Pietro Pizzo, Injection Technologies and Mixture Formation Strategies For Spark Ignition and Dual-Fuel...

More sentences with abroad

  • I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.From the entry let
  • I got poorly when I went abroad and ate the local food.From the entry poorly
  • After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.From the entry rekindle
  • I spent the last two Christmases abroad, so it's good to be at home this Christmas.From the entry Christmases
  • I want to do study abroad next year, but I don't know where.From the entry study abroad
  • This study abroad program is a lot less structured than most others I've looked at.From the entry study abroad
  • My friend has an ex who now lives abroad.From the entry ex
  • She felt terribly homesick during her first month abroad.From the entry homesick
  • After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.From the entry homeland
  • My husband is on a three-month paternity leave while he looks after our newborn baby and I’m working abroad.From the entry paternity leave
  • He met a fellow countryperson on his trip abroad.From the entry countryperson
  • After moving abroad, he bigamously married a second woman.From the entry bigamously
  • After my trip to New Zealand, I caught the travel bug: now I go abroad several times a year.From the entry travel bug
  • Half (of) my friends live abroad.From the entry half
  • He tells of his adventures abroad.From the entry tell of
  • I seldom if ever travel abroad.From the entry if ever
  • Thousands of Sikhs moved abroad to places like Australia, the UK, the US, and Canada.2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s…. From the entry Khalistani
  • I am japa-ing, leaving the country because of the opportunities that are available to me abroad.2023 February 27, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Fridah Okutoyi, “Nigeria's 'japa' trend: Halting exodus of talented Nigerians is a task…. From the entry japa
  • Our courts still haven't adopted it—Fifth Amendment—but I'd seen it used in trials abroad.2018, Poul Anderson, Operation Chaos and Operation Luna, Open Road Media, →ISBN. From the entry geas
  • That is what my eating abroad had been: fearful, niminy-piminy slivers of prosciutto and single olives.2018, Laura Freeman, The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite. From the entry niminy-piminy
  • As that campaign seeks to do, fighting ISIS means delegitimizing Caliphism at home and abroad.2016, Steve Hilton, More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First. From the entry delegitimize
  • The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian. From the entry pose
  • The most well-known Tanzanian femcee to live abroad is Rah-P, who continues to live in Houston, Texas.2014, Msia Kibona Clark, “Gender Representations among Tanzanian Female Emcees”, in Misa Kibona Clark, Mickie Mwanzia Koster, editors, Hip…. From the entry femcee
  • It did not need the Scourers or the Mohocks to make going abroad a perilsome affair.2014, Pat Rogers, Grub Street (Routledge Revivals): Studies in a Subculture. From the entry perilsome
  • Corporations offshore their production, because they can more cheaply produce abroad what they sell to Americans.2010, Paul Craig Roberts, How the Economy Was Lost, AK Press, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry offshore
  • Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.2008, Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer, page 217. From the entry glad
  • Like many who travel abroad, I′m constantly consumed by hatred of Australians.2008, Catherine Deveny, Say When, page 83. From the entry rack off
  • Americans need to work together if we hope to induce positive change both here and abroad.2008, Joseph Sterling, Oh Say, Can't You See ...: How America Got Sidetracked, page 245. From the entry work together
  • They are outstanding examples of the Rafflesian diaspora who have found fame abroad.2008, Tan Guan Heng, “First Career Woman Ambassador: Zaibedah Ahmad”, in 100 Inspiring Rafflesians: 1823–2003, Singapore: World Scientific…. From the entry Rafflesian
  • Don't take any wooden nickels warned innocents going abroad to steer clear of con artists.2008, Rosemarie Ostler, Let's Talk Turkey, page 66. From the entry wooden nickel
  • Nevertheless, Lung-chhüan ceramics gained an extremely wide market, both in China and abroad.[2004, Rose Kerr, Nigel Wood, edited by Rose Kerr, Science and Civilization in China, volume 5, number 12, Cambridge University Press…. From the entry Liangzihu

Meaning of abroad

  1. adverb Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  2. adverb At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
  3. adverb Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.

Full definition of abroad

Questions about abroad in a sentence

How do you use abroad in a sentence?
Abroad is used as an adverb, noun and preposition. For example: “A tree spreads its branches abroad.”
What is a short sentence with abroad?
“I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.”
What does abroad mean?
Abroad means beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abroad (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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