Examples of Scottish in a Sentence
Adjective
He spoke with a Scottish accent.
Robert Burns was a great Scottish poet.
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Paul Taylor, New York Times, 27 May 2026
At Pasadena Playhouse, where a revival of the 1947 musical is occurring, some of the audience may already have a different miracle in mind, unrelated to any mystical Scottish hokum coming up in the plot.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
This includes a career-spanning survey at London’s National Portrait Gallery that will travel to Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academy, as well as exhibitions in Kassel, Germany, and Trondheim, Norway.
—Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
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Adjective
Plus, the restructuring of the backroom staff, with Edu expected to depart and Craig Mulholland set to join the Scottish FA as chief football officer.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 27 May 2026
At Pasadena Playhouse, where a revival of the 1947 musical is occurring, some of the audience may already have a different miracle in mind, unrelated to any mystical Scottish hokum coming up in the plot.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Noun
But opposing him is Stagg, a Scottish, stick-in-the-mud academic (which is saying a lot by most weather men’s personality standards), who insists on making the team’s joint recommendation exclusively using the current observational data available to Allied forces.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
This includes a career-spanning survey at London’s National Portrait Gallery that will travel to Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academy, as well as exhibitions in Kassel, Germany, and Trondheim, Norway.
—Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
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“Scottish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scottish. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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Scottish
1 of 2 adjective
Scot·tish
ˈskät-ish 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, the people of Scotland, or the Scots language
Scottish
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