How to Use Scottish in a Sentence

Scottish

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• He spoke with a Scottish accent.
• Robert Burns was a great Scottish poet.
• The word tassie comes from the Scottish term for a small cup, derived from the French la tasse of the same meaning.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• The Scottish fold in the film is played by your actual cat, Chip?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
• In 1306, he was involved in the murder of his rival for the Scottish throne, John Comyn, and then seized the crown.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 Aug. 2023
• The dish comes with mushy peas and tartar sauce to reinforce the Scottish feel.
  — Alex Darus, cleveland, 28 July 2023
• In the middle of the Irish green beer and sliced potatoes, Pressel will play Scottish bagpipe classics.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
• Cox used his Scottish brogue to tell the story of someone imagining their own death.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Opinion polls show the Scottish public still roughly split on the issue.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• This Scottish capital packs a punch in a small package.
  — Juliet Izon, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2023
• The contestants gathered in the Scottish castle are the palpitating heart of the show.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024
• The couple posed for a selfie in front of a breathtaking Scottish castle.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Loch Ness monster, nicknamed Nessie, is a creature speculated to live in the lake in the Scottish highlands.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• But Peter had written two scenes, one in the Scottish mountains and one in the hospital in Paris where Charles bawls, crying.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• But the Scottish researcher said that’s lower than projections a decade ago.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
• There, the stone continued to function as a sacred relic and seat for the coronation of Scottish kings.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
• Liel Abada, a 22-year-old striker who has played the past few years with two-time Scottish champion Celtic, signed a three-year deal with the Charlotte club.
  — Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
• This first-of-its-kind spirit, then, will transport drinkers to both the idyllic green Scottish isle of Islay and the dynamic and bustling city of Melbourne.
  — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
• The Dalmore is a Scottish distillery known for using sherry casks to finish its high-end single malt whisky.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• Gray was a Scottish writer and a painter who died in 2019 and thus was unable to enjoy the movie’s lush cinematography and many orgasms.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• This longline coat is a little bit old man, a little bit Scottish tartan, and a little bit perfect.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2023
• The multihyphenate creative revealed his pact with the Scottish drinks brand by way of a piece to camera, which can be seen in full below.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 June 2023
• Um, okay … the great Scottish actor Alan Cumming is the host, in a wardrobe made up entirely of fabulous cloaks and cocked fedoras.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• The show played a video clip capturing the filmmaker and the musician in character, talking with a Scottish brogue.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Haldane was born in 1892 into the sort of Scottish family whose summer homes have turrets.
  — Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
• The Scottish poet Robert Burns also has an important part in Hogmanay.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
• Pick up a map from the former kitchen house, which also has a two-room museum detailing the farm’s history and the early Scottish settlers in the area.
  — Colin Campbell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Fiona was rescued from the bottom of a Scottish cliff on Saturday and was brought to a farm, though some animal rights activists are concerned about her new home.
  — Claire Moses, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• What better time than post-Succession to dive into the Scottish actor's memoir, a rags-to-riches story about his rise to fame.
  — townandcountrymag.com, 30 May 2023
• Who is Richard Gadd? Gadd is a Scottish comedian who started his career doing stand-up comedy.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024

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Scottish

2 of 2 noun

• Baked in the Scottish Highlands, these are a yummy bite.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• In the seventh election, the Scottish National Party lost a seat to Labour.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
• Cradled by green slopes, the vast blue lake sits in the Scottish Highlands, near the city of Inverness and about a 3½-hour drive from Edinburgh.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• Conway is mousy, phobic of plane travel, and loves her parents and her cat, a Scottish Fold named Alfie.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2024
• Researchers traveled to the Cairngorms mountains in the Scottish Highlands, which hosts more than 1,500 species of lichen as well as Britain’s only reindeer herd.
  — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
• Swift's cat companions started with Meredith Grey — a Scottish Fold — back in 2011.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Three years later, Benjamin proposed during a road trip through the Scottish Highlands.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
• The series will go into production later this year in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• Loch Ness monster hunters who gathered in Scotland last month released their findings of what might lurk beneath the waters in the Scottish Highlands.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Now, the future of these felines may lie in programs that release captive wildcats into the Scottish Highlands.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• His father was a seaman and cook with Dutch and Jamaican ancestry and his mother, part Scottish, worked as a domestic.
  — Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2023
• Today's story combines exploration with a bold move from London to a tiny island in the Scottish Hebrides.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2023
• Loch Ness monster enthusiasts from around the world will converge on the Scottish Highlands this weekend for the biggest hunt in half a century.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
• In one room there was a four-screen installation featuring Ghetto Priest, the reggae artist, and three members of the Scottish Ensemble.
  — Christina Sharpe, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2023
• The proceeds will be donated in their entirety to the Royal Scottish Forestry Society.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2023
• Yousaf, who is the leader of the Scottish National Party, is expected to share more details on his plan on Tuesday with a start date reportedly pencilled in for the end of this year.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2023
• The health secretary initially agreed to pay £3,000 of the entire bill out of his expenses budget, while the Scottish Parliament (and therefore, tax-payers) would cover the rest.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 15 Nov. 2023
• No matter; this movie is a stylish, breathless wonder, shot in the stunning Scottish Highlands in spectral natural light and set to a percussive, thumping score.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
• But now that her stretch in the Scottish Highlands is over, would Parvati consider returning to the far more tropical climate that originally put her on the map?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
• His green, blue and red tartan was designed by The Scottish Tartans Authority earlier this year.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• And in the Scottish Highlands, hundreds of golden retrievers were gathered to celebrate the breed’s 155th anniversary.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• This super soft blanket is the perfect travel companion and is made of the highest quality 4-ply Scottish Cashmere for the most comfortable warmth.
  — Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
• While another British tourist was arrested at the same airport last week on suspicion of raping his girlfriend in their hotel room on the island, The Scottish Sun reported.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 17 July 2023
• In April, the Scottish Tartan Festival draws in about 3,000 people annually with bagpipers, marching bands, and river dancers.
  — Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024
• Thomas also recently had the city post a sign on Richmond Road leading to the Scottish Highlands development, replacing a wooden sign that had been destroyed a few years ago by a driver.
  — cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• At the 2023 Scottish Open, Poppy was even hilariously caught cheering for her dad’s competitor!
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• Much earlier than that, some 1,500 years ago, an image of a strange, unidentifiable aquatic creature was carved on standing stones by the ancient inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 24 July 2023
• These guest houses are part of the properties owned by Wildland that dot the Scottish Highlands across three estates, all with simple and distinctly natural interiors.
  — Sarah Wood, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
• Boris Johnson made a misbegotten attempt at camping in the Scottish Highlands, attracting flak for pitching a tent in a farmer’s field without permission and leaving behind trash.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Tour the Scottish Highlands, historic churches, castles and villages with photographer and musician David Couzens.
  — Debby Rice, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024