How to Use British in a Sentence

British

noun

• Some are in the British Crown Jewels.
  — David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
• The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
  — Time, 2025-04-12
• This marks a new era for British Vogue’s first Black editor-in-chief.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2023-11-10
• What has turned the tide in the right direction for you since the British Grand Prix?
  — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 2023-10-31
• But the farther north the British went from the King’s Bridge the shakier their hold was.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 2024-07-15
• Long ago, the British failed to take the fort, and Francis Scott Key wrote a poem.
  — Maya C. Popa, New Yorker, 2025-04-14
• Photographs of protests line the walls, and the blue flag of British Hong Kong flies over the cash register.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 2024-05-27
• This prompted a perplexing mystery for the British: How were the Germans so good at flying to their targets in the dead of night?
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 2024-12-23
• 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
• 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, 2024-11-14
• The findings were published in the British Medical Journal on March 27.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2024-03-28
• 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, 2024-12-11
• He was appointed Order of the British Empire for his services to drama in 2023.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-11-24
• 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, 2024-08-15
• 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, 2024-08-08
• Marsh was appointed Office of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to drama.
  — Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 2025-04-14
• 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, 2024-12-21
• The British Boxing Board of Control confirmed Bugner's death in a statement on Monday, Sept 1.
  — Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Also damaged were the European Union delegation building and the British Council building in Kyiv.
  — Peter Guo, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
• Nicolai was close to winning the British Masters a week ago (finishing tied for second) but then missed the cut at the Omega European Masters, which likely dashed his hopes of making the team.
  — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
• Today these first monsters are imprisoned in the rocks, crumbling from mountainsides of scree in British Columbia, and paved over by suburban subdivisions in Pennsylvania.
  — Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
• For the 2026 British Open at Royal Birkdale in July, players can qualify through 15 events across 13 countries.
  — Frank Pingue, Reuters, 26 Aug. 2025
• The British Commonwealth, through its worldwide military, social and political influence, promoted and grew the game internationally and set standardized rules and courts.
  — Eric Zillmer, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
• In aviation, Twelve has partnered with Alaska Airlines, United, and IAG (parent company of British Airways).
  — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Although Israeli government officials have not been invited, private Israeli arms companies will still be able to attend, a British Ministry of Defence spokesperson told CNN.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
• The Roewe brand was established in 2006 after Chinese automaker SAIC acquired the rights to the British Rover brand from BMW.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
• One pub is set to close every single day in 2025 across Great Britain, according to latest figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).
  — Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
• Yesterday, 17 people were killed as Russian strikes hit the capital Kyiv and the British Council building damaged, as European leaders urged President Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
• One example is British International Investment, the UK’s development finance agency, which last year sold parts of its stakes as an investor in two pan-African investment funds and one in Asia to Blue Earth Capital, a Swiss investor.
  — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The study was co-authored by the University of Southern California's Lawrence Palinkas and the University of British Columbia's Peter Suedfeld, who are frequently cited among both ICE researchers and space scientists.
  — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025