Examples of the English in a Sentence
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Tour by fellow veterans of the New Wave years the English Beat.
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Then there’s the English Beat, the cool British ska act led by Dave Wakeling that will open the Fox Theater show.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
At the time, the club was in the fifth tier of the National League and hadn’t been promoted to the English Football League in 15 years.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2024
Her remarkable achievements were duly recognized when she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002, solidifying her status as an iconic figure for female soccer players worldwide.
—Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Events that purportedly failed to rise to the radical occasion include the English Revolution (merely a bid for bourgeois power, skeptics say), the Mexican Revolution (a rivalry between warlords), and even the French Revolution.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The city is about 200 miles southeast of London and across the English Channel.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
Five days earlier, on August 19, 1942, in the waters of the English Channel, troops from the Allied nations prepared small vessels offshore to conduct a raid on the beaches of Dieppe, France.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Recently, workers wrapped up a year-long project to install 438 solar panels on the English Gothic church’s roof.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Then there’s the English Beat, the cool British ska act led by Dave Wakeling that will open the Fox Theater show.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
At the time, the club was in the fifth tier of the National League and hadn’t been promoted to the English Football League in 15 years.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2024
Her remarkable achievements were duly recognized when she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002, solidifying her status as an iconic figure for female soccer players worldwide.
—Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Events that purportedly failed to rise to the radical occasion include the English Revolution (merely a bid for bourgeois power, skeptics say), the Mexican Revolution (a rivalry between warlords), and even the French Revolution.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The city is about 200 miles southeast of London and across the English Channel.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
Five days earlier, on August 19, 1942, in the waters of the English Channel, troops from the Allied nations prepared small vessels offshore to conduct a raid on the beaches of Dieppe, France.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Recently, workers wrapped up a year-long project to install 438 solar panels on the English Gothic church’s roof.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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