Example sentences for: british

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

  • The value of the book is not diminished by its being about British slang, but, considering the percentage of the content that is attributable to American, Australian, and Canadian slang (mostly), that part of native British slang that does not emerge as derivative has an old-fashioned ring to it.

  • Riots broke out in 1968, and British troops had to be called in to restore order.

  • The British press has been divided on the issue along political lines, with the conservative Times and Daily Telegraph calling for Pinochet's repatriation and the Guardian and the Independent opposing it.

  • To Lord Dewar (1864-1930), a British industrialist, is credited the joke that there are only two classes of pedestrians in these days of reckless motor traffic--the quick, and the dead.

  • Room 21: Vittore Carpaccio depicts in nine canvases the bizarre Story of St. Ursula, a British princess, said to have led 11,000 virgins on a pilgrimage to Rome, all of whom were raped and slaughtered on their way back.


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