Example sentences for: loch

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

  • Duddingston Kirk, near the banks of the loch, is one of the oldest Scottish churches still in regular use, founded in the 12th century.

  • On the south side of the street — in the open ground below the castle and on the site of the formerly marshy Nor’ Loch — are Princes Street Gardens, a welcome place to relax in a sunny day.

  • Nor’ Loch was drained (creating land for today’s Princes Street Gardens), and the Mound was constructed to provide a second, westerly access between the two settlements.

  • “Forced’ for forest would hardly be surprising among German settlers, for Forst is a German word for forest . More intriguing is “meowk’ for milk . In the Bernese dialect of Swiss-German, the l is replaced by a rather indistinct u sound, so that the German Milch becomes Miuch (with “ch’ as in “loch’).

  • At the foot of the castle was Nor’ Loch, a large expanse of water that required draining.


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