Example sentences for: englishman

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

  • In the '60s, an Englishman named Terence Conran opened a store in London called Habitat, selling what has come to be called "transitional" furniture--mixable pieces so neutral and inoffensive they could fit into any environment.

  • Indeed, the grandeur and flashing wit of the surly Florentine and the enigmatic Englishman have much in common.

  • As an Englishman long addicated to spoonerisms and living in German-speaking parts, I have inevitably succumbed to the spell of the Schuttelreim .

  • In his 1912 preface to Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw wrote, It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making another Englishman hate or despise him.

  • A snooty Brit may staunchly declare, “I am an Englishman,” where a more modest denizen of England would be more likely say, “I'm English,” employing the adjective rather than the noun.


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