Below you will find example sentences with "foreign affairs". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Foreign Affairs in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: foreign
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 58
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.5 words

Words in this phrase

foreign affairs

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • foreign can mean: Located outside a country or place, especially one's own. Common word
  • affairs can mean: plural of affair Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and planning foreign affairs home affairs 1× attention to foreign affairs 1× chile the foreign affairs directorate direcon 1× department of foreign affairs and trade 1× department of foreign affairs dfa the 1× europe and foreign affairs françois delattre 1× foreign affairs diplomacy henry 1× meet with foreign affairs secretary enrique 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as reported by 1× during the talks 1× finnish minister of 1× foreign affairs diplomacy 1× foreign minister ah 1× former minister of 1×

Common sentence endings:

affairs alexander grushko 1× affairs elina valtonen 1× affairs of iran 1× affairs since 2020 1× and economic cooperation 1× at the meeting 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

minister 26× secretary 7× deputy 7× ministry 5× department 4× trade 4× meeting 4× cooperation 3× belarusian 3× uzbekistan 3× bin 3× talks 3×

Related phrases

foreign minister home affairs foreign policy foreign aid foreign relations foreign exchange public affairs affairs minister iranian foreign foreign interference

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around foreign:

foreign exchange 20× foreign ministry 15× foreign secretary 13× foreign currency 12× foreign ministers 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

ford motor forcing people forced labor force winds force participation force base

Just after it in the phrase index:

foreign aid foreign currency foreign entities foreign exchange foreign interference foreign minister

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

foreign minister foreign policy foreign aid foreign relations foreign exchange foreign interference

Same ending:

home affairs public affairs global affairs humanitarian affairs external affairs veterans affairs

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "foreign affairs" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and planning foreign affairs home affairs, attention to foreign affairs, minister, secretary and deputy stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with foreign minister, home affairs, foreign policy, foreign exchange, foreign ministry and foreign secretary, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with foreign affairs

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Foreign affairs Diplomacy Henry could now turn his attention to foreign affairs. (12 words)

He had been deputy secretary general for European affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2020. (17 words)

Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini with Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser (SDE) in Tallinn on Friday. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Marko Djuric held a telephone converstation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday to felicitate him on his his election as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. (40 words)

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has been appointed Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for the Department of Frontiers and Territorial Integrity and the Department of Trade and Economic Cooperation. (36 words)

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, PM’s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman, and Principal Coordinator on the SDG Affairs Md Abul Kalam Azad were present at the meeting. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Indian foreign minister is set to meet with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo to discuss the advancement of trade and tourism between the two countries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Marko Djuric held a telephone converstation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday to felicitate him on his his election as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.

The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla; Secretary-General, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, François Delattre; and Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has been appointed Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for the Department of Frontiers and Territorial Integrity and the Department of Trade and Economic Cooperation.

At that time, there were eight deputy ministers: Commerce, the State Counselor’s Office, Border Affairs, Finance and Planning, Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, the President’s Office, and Transport and Communication.

The delegations were headed by Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Nazaruk and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bobur Usmanov of Uzbekistan.

Ways to intensify bilateral relations were discussed as Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi.

During the talks the Belarusian delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich, the Russian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko.

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HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met on Monday with HE Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of Sierra Leone Francess Piagie Alghali.

On January 20, 2024 in Kampala, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Sergei Aleinik, held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Muhammad Hasan Mahmud.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar of Nigeria, and Mr Simeon Esono, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equatorial Guinea, also signed the agreement.

This was expressed in the joint communiqué, published in Helsinki, following talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen.

Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini with Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser (SDE) in Tallinn on Friday.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, PM’s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman, and Principal Coordinator on the SDG Affairs Md Abul Kalam Azad were present at the meeting.

Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs George Katrougalos (l) and German minister of state for Europe Michael Roth at the start of EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Monday.

Santiago, Chile — The Foreign Affairs Directorate (Direcon) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile has rejected the contents of the United States Special Report 301 related to trade.

Foreign affairs Diplomacy Henry could now turn his attention to foreign affairs.

As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, investors, heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries in Uzbekistan, domestic and foreign journalists are invited to the forthcoming forum.

He had been deputy secretary general for European affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2020.

She pointed out that Mr. Sullivan had logged countless hours on the issue, including by meeting with Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs, two weeks before submitting the Foreign Affairs essay.

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