Examples of Scottish in a Sentence
Adjective
He spoke with a Scottish accent.
Robert Burns was a great Scottish poet.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Standouts include a shawl-collar cardigan in sublime gradients of gray, a mustard sweater seemingly inspired by Gorse, the yellow flowered shrub commonly found in the Scottish border, as well as stoles in light beige and dark navy.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
At the weekend, 21-year-old Woad won the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links by three shots — in what was her professional debut on the LPGA Tour.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 30 July 2025
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Adjective
In fact, McIntyre also suffered a significant singles loss to Damian Priest at Saturday Night’s Main Event in what has been a running theme for the Scottish superstar.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Standouts include a shawl-collar cardigan in sublime gradients of gray, a mustard sweater seemingly inspired by Gorse, the yellow flowered shrub commonly found in the Scottish border, as well as stoles in light beige and dark navy.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
According to the Scottish Government, around 1.1 babies per 1,000 births are born with permanent bilateral deafness.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
At the weekend, 21-year-old Woad won the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links by three shots — in what was her professional debut on the LPGA Tour.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 30 July 2025
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“Scottish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scottish. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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Scottish
1 of 2 adjective
Scot·tish
ˈskät-ish 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, the people of Scotland, or the Scots language
Scottish
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