Example sentences for: edinburgh

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

  • On 19 June 1566, in the royal apartments in Edinburgh Castle, Mary gave birth to a son, Prince James.

  • A little way to the south are Leith Links, said to be the birthplace of golf, where the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers built a clubhouse in 1767 and where you can still enjoy a bracing round in the sea air.

  • Famous Edinburgh residents of this period — later known as the Scottish Enlightenment — included David Hume, author of A Treatise of Human Nature and one of Britain’s greatest philosophers; Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, a pioneer in the study of political economy; and Joseph Black, the scientist who discovered the concept of latent heat.

  • Edinburgh draws the best of Scottish products to its stores and provides a ready marketplace for goods from the northern Highlands and islands.

  • George Street was the traditional center of Edinburgh’s financial district.


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