How to Use haggis in a Sentence

haggis

noun

• Scotland's Sandy Lyle donned a kilt and served haggis in 1989.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
• What’s not to like about a sellout crowd, a bagpiper playing up the aisle and the delights of eating haggis?
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• In fact, the forecast for Edinburgh’s weekend calls for partly cloudy with highs in the 60s and a chance of haggis.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• In the morning, take in views of the sea and the ongoings of distillery life from your humble abode, then go on and seize the day—or at least some haggis.
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 14 Dec. 2017
• The sweaty haggis in my skull that calls itself a brain kept flashing a 404 error message.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
• According to Ackroyd's, the bakery is one of the largest producers of haggis in the United States.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2023
• The centerpiece of the meal is the haggis: a peppery of offal and oatmeal, cooked in a sheep’s stomach and served with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes).
  — Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
• Don’t let that scare you off, though; depending on how it’s cooked, haggis is peppery and almost sausage-like.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
• Johnson told Pence that Americans don't eat enough British lamb and haggis.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
• But for haggis purists in the United States, celebrating Burns Night can be a challenge.
  — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
• Until then, maybe try your hand at making haggis wontons at home.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Until then, maybe try your hand at making haggis wontons at home.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Scotch, beer, bagpipes, haggis and more all come together to mark the occasion.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
• Johnson did press for the removal of U.S. trade barriers on British products including lamb and beef and haggis, a Scottish dish made with the lungs of sheep.
  — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• Scrapple, best described as a hearty breakfast food, has devotees just as blood puddling, boudin or haggis have theirs.
  — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Scotch eggs, haggis, sandwiches and other pub fare, $7-$30.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
• The Harbour Breaded and battered fish, shrimp, calamari, sausage, haggis, fritters and pakora.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2020
• The menu featured pub classics with a twist—a superlative haggis Scotch egg, for instance, and an unctuous burger made with beef and lardo.
  — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2021
• Millions of people celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns on Jan. 25 with suppers featuring haggis and Scotch whisky.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2021
• There are a few traditions to uphold during a Burns Supper, which include welcoming the haggis with a piper procession and a whisky toast.
  — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• As in the original Laidlaw trilogy, the writing here is so sharp nearly every sentence could split open a haggis.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
• The party will reportedly celebrate the couple's ties to Scotland with haggis bites and a bagpiper.
  — Katie Frost, Town & Country, 20 May 2017
• Meanwhile in Scotland, people have been drooling over haggis for centuries.
  — Katie Jackson, Esquire, 18 Jan. 2018
• Before departing, guests receive a leather bag with treats like haggis-flavored chocolates and cashmere socks.
  — Cathy Newman, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Hollywood is making the biggest changes: Being hung, drawn and quartered will turn out to be nothing more than a bad dream for Braveheart after a questionable dish of haggis.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2017
• Enjoy live Celtic music, sample whiskies and traditional food, such as Scottish haggis and Welsh pasties, watch the fire wizard or shop for handmade kilts and jewelry.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
• Not that there's anything particularly wrong with it (with the possible exception of the haggis bonbons, which are wrong in several ways).
  — Jason Wilson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Dinner includes traditional and curried haggis, mashed potatoes, shortbread, shepherd’s pie, roasted root vegetables, and of course, a pint of Beastie Stout and dram of Scotch.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
• For the uninitiated, haggis is a Scottish delicacy of sheep or calf offal mixed with oatmeal, suet and seasoning boiled in a bag (often from the animal’s stomach).
  — Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2018
• The full Scottish breakfast, featuring bacon, black pudding, haggis, sausages, beans, eggs, tomato, mushroom and a potato scone, was an absolute delight.
  — New York Times, 15 June 2018

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024