How to Use Irishman in a Sentence

Irishman

noun
  • The Irishman had the challenge of cutting three of his six artists.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But just as bizarre was the fact that the Northern Irishman didn't even want to hear about it.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Period pieces like The Irishman will style your hair to fit the time.
    Jon Hart, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
  • So far in this tournament, the 35-year-old Irishman has played some of his best golf to date.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This would put Kelleher in his peak years, bit this would require the Irishman to hang around for a long time.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The literary Irishman was ready to stage his own one-man protest against censorship.
    E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
  • If that sounds like thirsty work, Irishman Colm Dalton has just the ticket.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The Northern Irishman seemed relaxed and carefree, even right in the heat of battle.
    Langston Wertz Jr., Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
  • There were six lead changes during Sunday's final round, as Cink went tit for tat with the Irishman.
    Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • At Calvert Hall, the lanky Irishman starred in football, basketball and lacrosse.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • The steely-eyed Northern Irishman was making a mockery of the firm and fast greens that had humbled so much of the field across the week.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 17 June 2024
  • The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Lowry, an Irishman, embraced the supportive crowd back in 2019.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2025
  • The Irishman has had a new lease of life since moving into the back three and is regarded as a hugely solid character in the squad.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This will be the Northern Irishman's 10th career appearance at the event.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • The 53-year-old Irishman is still built like a boxer, and his driver boomed and his putter whispered for 14 holes.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
  • The Northern Irishman is ready to become Liverpool’s first-choice full back on the right side of the defence.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The Irishman rushed off his line with Mario Pašalić seemingly certain to score, blocking the shot with his face.
    Ben Church, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That one component, yes, but the technology was better and the artists have learned more [since The Irishman was made].
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2023
  • The problem for Moyes was that the Irishman is very much a makeshift full-back and does not have the consistency in his crossing to make a difference.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The sunny Irishman Shane Lowry birdied both toward a fleeting lead at 5-under-par 66.
    Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • The feeling at Everton was that the Irishman was under-utilised by Dyche and had the quality on the ball to help.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Though few doubt it, no one expected the Northern Irishman to have the backing of Phil Mickelson.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • After his 2025 Tour, Healy’s rivals may now be asking the Irishman the same question.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Irishman does not feature in the immediate plans of Brighton’s head coach Fabian Hurzeler.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • The Northern Irishman could do nothing but smile and shake his head, as his playing partner, Scottie Scheffler, laughed.
    Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Mum’s the word for McIlroy, the 34-year-old Northern Irishman with four major championships.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Though the rest of the movie’s cast has been kept under wraps, it was revealed last month that Murphy’s fellow Irishman, Barry Keoghan, has an undisclosed role in the film.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Outside of its overall champion Tadej Pogacar, the Irishman was its compelling force, winner of flowers, minds, and the race’s super-combativity prize.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • A week later, at Royal Portrush, the Northern Irishman (T7) again finished behind the American (third).
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

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