How to Use Scotland Yard in a Sentence

Scotland Yard

noun

• The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard.
• There have been no arrests, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• In these three decades of publication, there’s been change both at Scotland Yard and on the domestic front.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Two years ago, Scotland Yard detectives searched the farmhouse area for her remains, but found nothing, per Sky News.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• Citing a report by Scotland Yard detailing the incident, the Times reports Fagan first entered a room on the ground floor of the palace on that fateful day.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
• Spike' was a nickname sometimes used for the prince, particularly by Scotland Yard officers.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2022
• Less than 24 hours later we – the feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut – and a number of other groups called for people to come to Scotland Yard to protest the police's violent behaviour.
  — Sisters Uncut, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• After he was pronounced dead on Nov. 23, Scotland Yard launched a murder investigation.
  — Liza Foreman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
• Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
  — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
• Lewis was to help coordinate with Scotland Yard and Parliamentary investigators.
  — David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 June 2024
• After going into hiding and living under blanket Scotland Yard protection for nine years, Rushdie gradually reëmerged in public with little or no visible security.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024