Examples of the British in a Sentence
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The general revealed the full flowering of a military career in the British empire.
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Pep Guardiola’s record-breaking, 10-year tenure at Manchester City might be coming to a close, according to reports in the British media.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
Trump has been very complimentary of the British royals, and King Charles and Queen Camilla have typically been very positive about the Trumps, too.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 May 2026
Then there was the British computer scientist Donald Davies, who was working on similar things around the same time.
—Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Pep Guardiola’s record-breaking, 10-year tenure at Manchester City might be coming to a close, according to reports in the British media.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
Trump has been very complimentary of the British royals, and King Charles and Queen Camilla have typically been very positive about the Trumps, too.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 May 2026
Then there was the British computer scientist Donald Davies, who was working on similar things around the same time.
—Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for the British
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“The British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20British. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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