How to Use the English in a Sentence

the English

noun

• Since the Magna Carta, the English had been proud of their liberties and rule of law.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• The city is about 200 miles southeast of London and across the English Channel.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
• The two clubs are set to meet each other on Sunday in the English League Cup final.
  — Simone Foxman, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2023
• Tour by fellow veterans of the New Wave years the English Beat.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
• But how to make a film that hinges on swimming across the English Channel on a budget?
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
• But in the end, some of my favorite shows are two seasons and a special, like the English Office.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
• The weather that day crossing the English Channel was harsh.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 6 June 2024
• The plane nosedived into the ground just before the English Channel with France on the horizon.
  — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
• After the Mary Rose came to rest at the bottom of a strait in the English Channel, a layer of silt cloaked the ship and the hundreds of crew who died on board.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
• Enhancing the event are the festive lights that adorn the English Village and London Bridge.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
• But Tom Hecker, who swam across the English Channel in 2005, said there should be no judgments.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• Not mentioned: what to do about people who manage to cross the English Channel from France in small boats.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Critics pounced on him for gambling on the lives of people who make crossings of the English Channel in small boats.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Trivia Civil forfeiture laws in the U.S. today date back to when the English used to seize what?
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
• Some monarchs are honored with statues; the English are partial to this method.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 19 Aug. 2023
• There are two things the English cannot live without: soccer and Glastonbury.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 July 2024
• There’s a new kid on the English Channel block as a new train company aims to launch high-speed service from London to Paris.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
• Trains travel between the two cities via the 31-mile-long Channel Tunnel, which runs under the waters of the English Channel.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
• Everything was tiny, from the cars to the terrace houses where people lived, and the English had pale bodies, gray teeth, and odd habits: even the children drank tea.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• But the Conservatives, who have held power for 13 years, have framed the debate around a rise in small boats crossing the English Channel.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• Alright, class, grab your pencils: Give the English Teacher finale — and the season as a whole — a grade in our poll, and hit the comments to share your post-finale thoughts.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
• Sunak has failed to fulfill his promise to stop asylum seekers from crossing the English Channel in small boats.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• But neither crew nor passengers made it across the English Channel.
  — Julian Ring, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
• Scotsmen have a reputation for being tight with a penny, but the English give them a good run for their money.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
• The family of famed long-distance swimmer Florence Chadwick, who set records swimming the English Channel, once owned much of the land.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• Also, the fluidity between the English and the Korean is so smooth.
  — Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
• Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.
  — Cord Jefferson, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
• Three centuries later, in 1921, the Irish waged another war against the English, with a different result.
  — Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
• In the last five years, for instance, thousands of people have started making the dangerous journey from France across the English Channel in small boats.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025