sound foreign

Frequency: 8.280.1 per million words

To have a way of speaking (e.g., an accent) that suggests being from another country.

foreignVERB + foreign

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sound

Examples (10)

  • The name sounded foreign.
  • Your accent sounds foreign on the phone.
  • Try not to sound foreign by over-enunciating every syllable.
  • To native speakers, my vowels still sound foreign.
  • If you mimic that intonation, you might sound foreign.
  • He didn’t mean to sound foreign—he was just nervous.
  • Over time, her English has stopped sounding foreign.
  • Will this brand name sound foreign to international customers?
  • In the interview, the caller sounded distinctly foreign.
  • Even simple phrases can sound foreign when you’re jet-lagged.