How to Use the British in a Sentence

the British

noun
  • Celtic fans wave the green, white and gold of Ireland, Rangers the red, white and blue of the British flag.
    James Hookway, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • To date, the British series has been available on AMC+.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The Financial Times is playing its role, as is the rest of the British media.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • During the Victorian era, there was a craze in the British Isles for ferns.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And the iron gates had been removed, and the reason they'd been removed was Kam Tin was the site of a rebellion against the British takeover in 1898.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
  • All eyes will be on Daniel Lee’s first collection for the British heritage brand.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Big Boi has long championed the British singer in interviews over the decades.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Horan was the only member of the British boy band native to Ireland.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Last month, the British government gave the go-ahead to develop Rosebank, the largest untapped oil-and-gas field in the North Sea.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The colonialism of the British empire has been a major discussion point over the past two years.
    Hannah Ewens, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
  • It is thought to be the first time a photo issued by the British royal family has been recalled in this way.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Van de Velde father-and-son team invented the British seascape tradition.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Clear shares how the British cycling team had never won the Tour de France and only had one single gold medal in the Olympics in over a hundred years.
    Ken Sterling, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That was the main criticism that the British designer had received.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The wider Python franchise is enshrined in the British media royalty.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 Feb. 2024
  • On Wednesday, as early reviews of the show appeared in the British news media, some critics were scathing.
    Alex Marshall, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • That was 2016, seven years after Stewart Cink captured the British Open.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The trip to France and Germany is being made at the request of the British government and at the invitations of the two governments, the palace said.
    Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In one video that led to him being ousted from the British version of Big Brother, he was seen hitting a woman with a belt.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Firm, the British press and Britain in general make a lot of money from the continued presence of the royal family.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • George originally rose to fame as the lead singer of the British band Culture Club in the 1980s and eventually branched out as a solo artist.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Daniel Lee's Burberry gives the British label a new look that so far feels like a return to heritage classics with some modern twists.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023
  • On Friday, the British singer, 38, shared a photo on Instagram of herself at an airport.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Roughly half of the group’s prison recruits have been killed or injured, according to the British estimate.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hailey was more dressed up, wearing a one-shoulder latex black mini dress for a night out at the British city's hotspot Chiltern Firehouse.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Back then, Kolkata was Calcutta—the second city of the British empire and a fulcrum of its financial endeavors around the world.
    Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
  • Kate and William are not the first members of the British royal family to support earthquake relief efforts.
    Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The story is loosely inspired by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In the same year, Nissan kicked off a project with the British government to install 1,000 vehicle-to-grid charging points across the United Kingdom.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The online page was met with immediate criticism from corners of the British press.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024

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