Example sentences for: scone

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

  • I pronounced scone to rhyme with John , and I was upset a little when the waitress brought it to me and said, in a pleasant English accent, “Your scone sir,” rhyming it with Joan . I wondered if I should switch to the Joan-pronunciation now that I am living in veddy English Victoria.

  • He was crowned King of Scots at Scone in 1306 and began his campaign to drive the English out of Scotland.

  • For example, serviette, scone, sheila, sister, Smarties, spanner, spot on, squash, starkers , just to pick a handful, are Briticisms; although the author makes that clear, it seems odd that the words and expressions that are direct borrowings from British English are not individually identified as such.

  • Davidson should not adopt the pronunciation of scone to rhyme with `bone'--at any rate not because Victoria, where he lives, is “veddy English.”

  • Today on the hill there’s no better place for light refreshment than Ruszwurm’s, a mere scone’s throw away at 7 Szentháromság utca.


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