How to Use British in a Sentence

British

noun

• The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
  — Time, 12 Apr. 2025
• This marks a new era for British Vogue’s first Black editor-in-chief.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
• What has turned the tide in the right direction for you since the British Grand Prix?
  — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
• Belfast was British, the loyalists said, even more British than the British!
  — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
• But the farther north the British went from the King’s Bridge the shakier their hold was.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Photographs of protests line the walls, and the blue flag of British Hong Kong flies over the cash register.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• Aero reports that JetBlue wants to start a code-sharing agreement with British Airways.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 23 May 2024
• Unhidden is the first adaptive brand to become a member of the British Fashion Council.
  — Olivia Pinnock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• That was just a few days before she was supposed to fly to Vancouver, British Columbia, to see Swift.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
• Revolutionary Boston stood up to the British and Boston will stand up to you, Wu, in so many words, said.
  — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
• The nation – which was colonized by the British in 1788 – has long debated whether a long-distance monarch is still needed.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 14 July 2024
• In 1768, the British cracked down on crime against tax collectors in colonial Boston by sending troops into the city.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• Having taken Seamus outside the wake, the British flipped him by offering the prospect of a better life for him and his wife in London.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
• The findings were published in the British Medical Journal on March 27.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• Glass sponge reefs found off British Columbia’s north coast are among the oldest in the entire ocean and have survived for more than 9,000 years.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
• The British Academy has unveiled various changes and tweaks to its rules for the upcoming 2024 film awards.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• He was appointed Order of the British Empire for his services to drama in 2023.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
• During the first week of September 1958, keen observers spotted hundreds of rare birds in the British Isles.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• Pitt and Ramon were first publicly photographed together at the British Grand Prix in 2024.
  — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
• The growth of weeds on land across southern Ukraine is probably hindering the progress of fighting, the British Defense Ministry said.
  — Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• Kylie Jenner is on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue, and the reactions to her photos have been…not great, to say the least.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
• When speaking to British Vogue for this week's cover story, the actress and singer, 32, opened up about how her fiancé, 38, is handling life as a girl dad.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• The British were rather dominant in this competition, with five of the 10 Olympic medals awarded in the sport going to the UK.
  — Jack Hillcox, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
• Through 1,300 battles and skirmishes, the Army had outlasted the British Empire.
  — David Martin june 15, CBS News, 15 June 2025
• Marsh was appointed Office of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to drama.
  — Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• The book contains images made when Ghana was still a colony known as the Gold Coast before gaining independence from the British in 1957.
  — Max Posner, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
• Among the structures hit was a residential building and two owned by the European Union (EU) and the British Council.
  — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• This was highlighted in a 2018 study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Princess Diana was already working with the British Red Cross when the organization sponsored her trip to the Huambo province.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• The British Boxing Board of Control confirmed Bugner's death in a statement on Monday, Sept 1.
  — Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025