Example sentences for: auld

How can you use “auld” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The coalfields of Lothian and Fife fueled the growth of baking, distilling, printing, and machine-making industries, giving Edinburgh the epithet “Auld Reekie” (Old Smoky).

  • He ignored Edward’s summons and instead negotiated a treaty with the French king, the beginning of a long association between France and Scotland that became known as the “Auld Alliance. ”

  • Matches are held only intermittently, however The Calcutta Cup Match, in early April, pits the Scots against their “auld” enemy — the English — and is a great spectacle.

  • The Auld Alliance, a treaty of accord between France and Scotland, was born.

  • Where better to sing your year-end rendition of “Auld Lang Syne”?


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