How to Use Scotsman in a Sentence

Scotsman

noun
  • The Scotsman has captivated not only the hearts and minds of Sporting KC fans, but his own teammates, too, in that time.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • According to The Scotsman, the annual ceremony marks the start of the monarch’s stay in Scotland.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
  • Playing three groups ahead of Stricker, the Scotsman also thrived in the conditions and set the pace by getting to 14-under for the tournament through 11 holes.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023
  • It was introduced to me through [my partner] Jack Lowden, who also produced it and is a proud Scotsman.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Most notable among them was Charles Wyville Thomson, a Scotsman who in the 1860s hauled up glass sponges, sea spiders, and other curiosities—thus debunking a theory that the deep ocean was lifeless.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
  • An official handover ceremony will take place next month, per the Scotsman’s Ed Cullinane.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Dominic is a man after Dusty’s own heart: a sterling free-marketeer who has been celebrating Adam Smith — on the occasion of that great Scotsman’s tricentennial.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023

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