Example sentences for: auld

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

  • 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.

  • Of course, not all Scotticisms have been excised, and words like auld, land , and syne are probably still to be found in many dictionaries, but only because they are frequent.

  • 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).

  • The Temple Bar (Temple Bar) attracts a busy, lively crowd; the Norseman (East Essex Street) is favored by the art crowd; the Auld Dubliner (Anglesea Street) is a pleasant pub that caters a lot to tourists.

  • 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. ”


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