How to Use Irish in a Sentence

Irish

noun
  • How many Irish are there in England?
  • They Canes and Irish both are close now.
    — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The luck of the Irish may help travelers score a great flight deal.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Irish would win their last national title that year.
    — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Irish could be at least 20-point favorites in all five games.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Irish won their first six games by a total of 198 points.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Because how the Irish played in the run game supersedes all that.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Their absence was acutely felt in the first half, but the Irish got better.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Irish won two gold and two bronze medals three years ago in Tokyo, in rowing and boxing.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 18 July 2024
  • An Irish Catholic upbringing meant no one wanted to talk about it.
    — Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This is the first challenge the Fighting Irish have had all season.
    — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Irish stopped Ohio State on the first two plays of the next drive and used their timeouts.
    — Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Next up, the Fighting Irish will have another tough test.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • So the Irish are looking for a faster start and more consistent play through four quarters.
    — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Irish have gone from one of the most explosive run games in the country last year to one of the most meek.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • As their opener approaches, here are five questions for the Irish.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Riley Leonard punched it in from three yards out to get the Fighting Irish in the end zone.
    — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In theory, the Irish are about to take a bunch of open-book tests, which makes grading them a challenge.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy figured the Irish needed to win or tie just about every inning.
    — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • United Irish Societies pageant will be held in the runup to the parade.
    — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Or take one of several more strenuous trails which cut through the Irish Hills.
    — AFAR Media, 13 June 2025
  • Slot has already used the Northern Irish right back in countless games this season.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The Great Irish elk stood over two metres tall and weighed up to seven hundred kilograms.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Irish were led by Markus Burton with 15 points and four assists.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • For their part, the Irish — who lobbied for the flag — shrugged off the no-call afterward, at least publicly.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • When the Irish were left out of the 12-team playoff, the team elected not to appear in a bowl game.
    — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Or is this a bad matchup for the Fighting Irish, as the Trojans are rolling and putting up big points?
    — cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Can Marcus Freeman lead the Irish to a breakthrough?
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There—in the car park beside the Irish Sea—he’d never felt happier.
    — Roddy Doyle, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024
  • With Thursday night’s loss, the game against the Fighting Irish feels much more urgent.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025

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