How to Use British in a Sentence

British

noun

• What has turned the tide in the right direction for you since the British Grand Prix?
  — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
• This marks a new era for British Vogue’s first Black editor-in-chief.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
• The findings were published in the British Medical Journal on March 27.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• During the first week of September 1958, keen observers spotted hundreds of rare birds in the British Isles.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• He was appointed Order of the British Empire for his services to drama in 2023.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
• Penélope told Contact Music in 2008, per British Vogue.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• The British Academy has unveiled various changes and tweaks to its rules for the upcoming 2024 film awards.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• The growth of weeds on land across southern Ukraine is probably hindering the progress of fighting, the British Defense Ministry said.
  — Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• Shakira went full glam for the outing—at the British Grand Prix—opting for bronzy makeup and a voluminous curly hairdo.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2023
• The British Museum was informed of the discovery, according to the estate.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• At the tail end of 2023, British Vogue’s shopping editor dampened her forefinger and raised it forthright into the air.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024
• On a recent morning, India Gate, a war memorial built by the British, was invisible amid the plumes of toxic haze.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• But by the end of the nineteenth century, economic failures and a defeat at the hands of the British in the Opium Wars had brought China to a point of existential crisis.
  — Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• Under the British Raj, forests were cleared to develop settlements and set up plantations, resulting in the loss of habitat for big cats like the cheetah.
  — Dhruv Tikekar, CNN, 12 July 2023
• Still, Munro tries to communicate to them that their mutual destruction is precisely what the British want.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Orcas in several places, including off the coasts of British Columbia and Patagonia, launch themselves up onto the beach to hunt.
  — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
• However, eruptions have likely happened in British Columbia in the last few thousand years.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2024
• The British General Medical Council ruled that the study’s lead author had engaged in misconduct, and the author was banned from practicing medicine.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
• My grandfather’s grandfather—a tall, corpulent Indian, prone to indulging in fine wines, fine poetry, and fine art—lived in Delhi and worked for the British.
  — Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
• The departing British split the country in two, in what became known as Partition, with the demarcation slicing Punjab – once home to a large and powerful Sikh empire – in half.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• And British Vogue shared a video of the photoshoot to prove its illustrious cover models hadn’t been Photoshopped together.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• New research, published last month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that walking at a speed of 4 or more kilometers an hour is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.
  — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 6 Dec. 2023
• That was more than twice Japan’s gain and far better than Germany’s anemic 0.3 percent increase, according to British Parliament data.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
• At the Fort Worth zoo, 50 students from British Columbia gathered to finish their year-long research on animal behavior during the solar eclipse.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
• The dress, which was from the designer's autumn/winter 1965 couture collection according to British Vogue, also featured a thigh-high slit and plunging neckline.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Pakistan gained independence when the departing British left India and split the subcontinent in 1947.
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• After the British Mother's Day photo debacle, social media was understandably skeptical of the next photo of Kate.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
• Eventually, Britain came up with a solution: Beginning in 1795, the British Navy commanded its soldiers to drink lemon juice daily, which prevented the malady.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
• This article was previously published by British Vogue.
  — Hayley Maitland, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2023
• For Edward Enninful’s final cover as editor-in-chief at British Vogue, dozens of women who have dominated in music, film, television, and more gathered for an epic photoshoot to signal the end of an era.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024