How to Use Scotsman in a Sentence

Scotsman

noun
  • The local Scotsman of course received a hefty roar from the grandstands.
    Brody Miller, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
  • On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Views on the Scotsman are often more fraught on social media than elsewhere.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Tennant, a Scotsman who wears a kilt with glorious swagger, was born for the role.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • But as the Scotsman's final season reached its halfway point, things were more rocky than ever during his tenure.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Littler is now the first player to win back-to-back titles since Scotsman Anderson achieved the feat a decade ago.
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • MacIntyre, a Scotsman, was left with a tricky 7 1/2 footer for par.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
  • His mother told The Scotsman that she hadn’t been told that the plan had been discontinued without her consent.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That’s a major point in favor of the Royal Scotsman, especially if guests can’t score one of the in-demand suites.
    Jake Emen, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2025
  • It was introduced to me through [my partner] Jack Lowden, who also produced it and is a proud Scotsman.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The Scotsman is 14-under par through two rounds after following up his 62 with a 64.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Since his first year in captivity at age twenty-one, the Scotsman had been reduced from 135 to 82 pounds.
    Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Arsenal have not been approached about a January departure for the Scotsman.
    James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Scotsman has captivated not only the hearts and minds of Sporting KC fans, but his own teammates, too, in that time.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • However, Williams became Hendry’s primary opponent when the Scotsman called him out late last month.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
  • Alexandria was founded by Scottish merchants and gets its name from John Alexander, the Scotsman who once owned the land that became the city.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
  • According to The Scotsman, the annual ceremony marks the start of the monarch’s stay in Scotland.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
  • An official handover ceremony will take place next month, per the Scotsman’s Ed Cullinane.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The Scotsman took charge of the team at a time when many of its current players, such as Emily van Egmond, were starting their international careers.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The siding and framing feature wood milled in Ben's own Scotsman Manufacturing workshop.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
  • More Getty Images The Scotsman had led the field for three straight days, after a career-low 62 on Thursday.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Royal Scotsman staffers meet guests in the lobby on the morning of departure, ferrying their luggage to the train and going over initial scheduling and logistics.
    Jake Emen, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Kramer and Scotsman went public with her relationship in January 2023.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, those with deeper pockets opt for Belmond’s richly luxurious Royal Scotsman, which freight whiskey daydreams in its bar car.
    Mike MacEacheran, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2025
  • At the time, Bruceville was a bustling village founded by an enterprising Scotsman named Normand Bruce, a prominent landowner.
    John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
  • The gifted Scotsman has worked at single malt distilleries no less prominent than Deanston, Ledaig and Bunnahabhain.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Royal Scotsman, Scotland Explore Scotland's lochs, castles, and countryside on a slow-moving train.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
  • The fighter in question, Terence Crawford, easily beat the Scotsman for his first of many titles and now, more than a decade later, sits atop boxing’s pound‑for‑pound rankings.
    Mark Kriegel june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
  • Playing three groups ahead of Stricker, the Scotsman also thrived in the conditions and set the pace by getting to 14-under for the tournament through 11 holes.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023
  • Another Belmond train, the Royal Scotsman really is all about the journey and giving guests one of the most memorable experiences of their lives.
    Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023

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