Examples of the English in a Sentence
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Built starting in the 1180s, Dover Castle is located in southeast England just across the Strait of Dover—the narrowest part of the English Channel—from France.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
Paris has come to be defined by its River Seine, a 481-mile-long waterway that originates in Burgundy before spilling into the English Channel.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Daisy Ridley trades in her Star Wars lightsaber for a pair of goggles in new film Young Woman and the Sea, telling the real-life story of the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Waseem Ahmed, a doctoral student of history at University College London, tells Live Science’s Hannah Kate Simon that Dorset was a center of activity for troop movements during the English Civil War.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
In theaters May 31 11 of 31 Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley stars as athlete and Olympic champion Trudy Ederle, a native New Yorker who, in 1926, became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Some are sandy coves, washed out of the schist coastline by the English Channel, while others are tidal, emerging along estuary creeks and river valleys.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
The Rwanda plan is the British government’s response to the growing number of migrants from around the world – reaching a high of 46,000 in 2022 – who cross the English Channel from France to Britain in small boats.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
Tour by fellow veterans of the New Wave years the English Beat.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
Paris has come to be defined by its River Seine, a 481-mile-long waterway that originates in Burgundy before spilling into the English Channel.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Daisy Ridley trades in her Star Wars lightsaber for a pair of goggles in new film Young Woman and the Sea, telling the real-life story of the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Waseem Ahmed, a doctoral student of history at University College London, tells Live Science’s Hannah Kate Simon that Dorset was a center of activity for troop movements during the English Civil War.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
In theaters May 31 11 of 31 Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley stars as athlete and Olympic champion Trudy Ederle, a native New Yorker who, in 1926, became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Some are sandy coves, washed out of the schist coastline by the English Channel, while others are tidal, emerging along estuary creeks and river valleys.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
The Rwanda plan is the British government’s response to the growing number of migrants from around the world – reaching a high of 46,000 in 2022 – who cross the English Channel from France to Britain in small boats.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
Tour by fellow veterans of the New Wave years the English Beat.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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