Example sentences for: scottish

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

  • "Because of an ancient Scottish curse, anyone who writes a life of these four historical personages ends up reproducing, word for word and comma for comma, a long-out-of-print biography that they have never even read!"

  • Even though I consider Northumberland and the Scottish Borders to be home, technically I am still a Yorkshireman, and, having been raised in that county of virtually unshakable local accents, it was natural that my tongue would give me away and that I would be called a Yorkie when living in Northumberland.

  • The house (dating from 1622) has been beautifully renovated, and contains artifacts from the life of three important Scottish authors: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

  • Mr. Davidson misquotes Gowers, who does not say that the Scottish pronunciation is `skawn' (which would rhyme with `dawn.

  • The Maritimes have been mainly settled by Scottish Highlanders, German Protestants, and French-speaking Acadians.


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