How to Use foreign affairs in a Sentence

foreign affairs

plural noun
  • Trump is no more steadfast in foreign affairs.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Is his focus on foreign affairs an attempt to distract from crises at home?
    — Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Apr. 2018
  • And very few pages in those papers were devoted to foreign affairs.
    — Dexter Fergie, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • What was the bet, and why has this alarmed the foreign affairs community?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The website of its ministry of foreign affairs still says the right, or standard, things.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Trump has made no bones about his use of tariffs as a political weapon in foreign affairs.
    — Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Atkinson doesn't think the foreign affairs address was a strategic move.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2019
  • And that, in turn, would require informing the public about foreign affairs.
    — Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But a majority floor vote was required to boot Omar from foreign affairs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Impressed by his knowledge of foreign affairs and language skills, The Times hired him as a copy boy.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • That is the broad lens through which to view the new administration’s attack on our foreign affairs programs.
    — Al Pessin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Slutsky is the head of the state Duma's foreign affairs committee.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Cotton is a strong speaker and media performer, with a more hawkish view of foreign affairs than Vance.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Tariq Aziz was his deputy prime minister, at one point, and his minister of foreign affairs.
    — Peter Bergen, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Think of it as the rules of the game of foreign affairs in East Asia, dictated by China.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • So Menendez is cooked, and President Biden has a wider lane in foreign affairs now.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The statements on foreign affairs used to give a sense of what the leadership deemed to be the most important developments around the world.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But he was criticized by some for being distracted by foreign affairs, Rutter said.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Both the ministry and Ukraine’s first deputy minister of foreign affairs shared images of the mosque to Twitter.
    — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The French foreign affairs ministry and Macron’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • What the Fox News host's flip-flop on the invasion of Ukraine says about his influence and read on foreign affairs.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Newsweek has contacted the foreign affairs ministries of Iran and Russia for comment.
    — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The current deputy minister of foreign affairs, Liban Yousuf Osman, was among them.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2020
  • Trump posted a different statement, from Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, that was more measured in tone.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ignatius is a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of a ton of spy thrillers over the years.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Ishaan Tharoor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • And his foreign affairs adviser Celso Amorim was in Caracas for the vote.
    — Juan Pablo Spinetto, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • No pope has ever set foot in Russia, but Putin’s foreign affairs adviser said the issue wasn’t on the agenda for the visit.
    — Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News, 5 July 2019

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