How to Use haggis in a Sentence

haggis

noun

• Scotland's Sandy Lyle donned a kilt and served haggis in 1989.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
• What’s not to like about a sellout crowd, a bagpiper playing up the aisle and the delights of eating haggis?
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• In fact, the forecast for Edinburgh’s weekend calls for partly cloudy with highs in the 60s and a chance of haggis.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• In the morning, take in views of the sea and the ongoings of distillery life from your humble abode, then go on and seize the day—or at least some haggis.
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 14 Dec. 2017
• The sweaty haggis in my skull that calls itself a brain kept flashing a 404 error message.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
• According to Ackroyd's, the bakery is one of the largest producers of haggis in the United States.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2023
• The centerpiece of the meal is the haggis: a peppery of offal and oatmeal, cooked in a sheep’s stomach and served with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes).
  — Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
• Johnson told Pence that Americans don't eat enough British lamb and haggis.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
• But for haggis purists in the United States, celebrating Burns Night can be a challenge.
  — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
• Until then, maybe try your hand at making haggis wontons at home.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Until then, maybe try your hand at making haggis wontons at home.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Scotch, beer, bagpipes, haggis and more all come together to mark the occasion.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
• Johnson did press for the removal of U.S. trade barriers on British products including lamb and beef and haggis, a Scottish dish made with the lungs of sheep.
  — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• Scrapple, best described as a hearty breakfast food, has devotees just as blood puddling, boudin or haggis have theirs.
  — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Scotch eggs, haggis, sandwiches and other pub fare, $7-$30.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
• The Harbour Breaded and battered fish, shrimp, calamari, sausage, haggis, fritters and pakora.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2020
• The menu featured pub classics with a twist—a superlative haggis Scotch egg, for instance, and an unctuous burger made with beef and lardo.
  — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2021
• Millions of people celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns on Jan. 25 with suppers featuring haggis and Scotch whisky.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2021
• There are a few traditions to uphold during a Burns Supper, which include welcoming the haggis with a piper procession and a whisky toast.
  — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• As in the original Laidlaw trilogy, the writing here is so sharp nearly every sentence could split open a haggis.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
• The party will reportedly celebrate the couple's ties to Scotland with haggis bites and a bagpiper.
  — Katie Frost, Town & Country, 20 May 2017
• Meanwhile in Scotland, people have been drooling over haggis for centuries.
  — Katie Jackson, Esquire, 18 Jan. 2018
• Before departing, guests receive a leather bag with treats like haggis-flavored chocolates and cashmere socks.
  — Cathy Newman, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Hollywood is making the biggest changes: Being hung, drawn and quartered will turn out to be nothing more than a bad dream for Braveheart after a questionable dish of haggis.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2017
• Enjoy live Celtic music, sample whiskies and traditional food, such as Scottish haggis and Welsh pasties, watch the fire wizard or shop for handmade kilts and jewelry.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
• Not that there's anything particularly wrong with it (with the possible exception of the haggis bonbons, which are wrong in several ways).
  — Jason Wilson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Dinner includes traditional and curried haggis, mashed potatoes, shortbread, shepherd’s pie, roasted root vegetables, and of course, a pint of Beastie Stout and dram of Scotch.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
• For the uninitiated, haggis is a Scottish delicacy of sheep or calf offal mixed with oatmeal, suet and seasoning boiled in a bag (often from the animal’s stomach).
  — Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2018
• The full Scottish breakfast, featuring bacon, black pudding, haggis, sausages, beans, eggs, tomato, mushroom and a potato scone, was an absolute delight.
  — New York Times, 15 June 2018
• Burns Night became an annual tradition after nine of his friends gathered in July 1801 to feast on haggis, read his poems, give speeches in his honor, and commemorate the fifth anniversary of his death.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Aug 2024