How to Use highland in a Sentence

highland

1 of 2 noun
  • Got to walk around the highlands in a red cloak.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The snow in the highlands has brought the ptarmigan down to places where hunters are able to access them.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The Icelandic highlands are criss-crossed by rough gravel tracks known as F-roads.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Set in the rural highlands, the film follows two estranged brothers who reunite in the land of their birth.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • It's known as Aphrodite Terra, which is the largest highland region on Venus.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Feb. 2021
  • At the health clinic in Migowi in Malawi’s southern highlands, workers see signs of hope.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Scrubby tundra basked in the Sun’s rays on the island’s northwest highlands.
    — Paul Bierman, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • This makes Glengoyne an ideal option if your trip is too short to go trekking into the highlands or islands.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Scotland saw a peak gust of 106 mph in Aonach Mor, a mountain in the highlands.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The state forest comprises more than 9,000 acres of the highlands.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • The exact spot sits on a highland plain that is currently owned by Hibbing Taconite.
    — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • In the highland city of Cochabamba, scenes have emerged of bodies lying in the streets and coffins waiting for days in homes to be taken away.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2020
  • The Icelandic highlands are one of Europe’s last true wildernesses.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But since the early 1990s, the team found, the highlands' long rainy season had gone into a steep decline.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2020
  • And this is in line with the seasonal movement of people and livestock following water across the highlands.
    — New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
  • It’s made from 100% blue agave grown primarily in the Jalisco highlands.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The hats hand-woven in the Andean highlands by women in a fair-trade cooperative.
    — Heidi Wachter, Treehugger, 26 May 2023
  • The east side of the city is literally highland, overlooking the lake from a roughly 100-foot-high bluff.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
  • Mid-range hotels with hot springs on site are the norm here, but for a break from the slopes, take a day trip to see the snow monkeys in their own hot spring, or tour the highlands on snowshoes.
    — Selena Takigawa Hoy, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The agave used to produce Volcan comes from highlands and lowlands fields, and is grown in volcanic soil that surrounds the volcano that gives the brand its name.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mid-range hotels with hot springs on site are the norm here, but for a break from the slopes, take a day trip to see the snow monkeys in their own hot spring, or tour the highlands on snowshoes.
    — Selena Takigawa Hoy, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The sound of a passing dust devil was recorded on Mars, where a four-hour marsquake revealed that shear waves move faster in the planet’s southern highlands.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The collection of plants is a combination of coastal and highland subtropical species from around the globe, all well-suited to thrive on the ship.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Up in the highlands of the Ethiopian plateau grows a tree with bright red fruit that came to profoundly shape morning rituals for people all over the world.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Both are made from 100% blue agave, distilled twice from a mixture of highland and lowland plants, and blended with volcanic spring water.
    — Kevin Gray, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
  • Ben Nevis is a highland distillery that sits at the base of Ben Nevis mountain and is known for its flavorful and robust malts.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Many of the fossils found in this part of the world are preserved in the serpentine rivers that meandered through the forests in a landscape dotted with volcanic highlands.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The other, a 200-year-old farmhouse, crowns the Pokut highland and requires a four-wheel drive to climb its treacherous road.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026

highland

2 of 2 adjective
  • But highland areas about the size of Britain are populated mainly by Papuans.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2019
  • Highlander’s seats are extremely comfortable too, soft but not squishy and firm enough and well formed to provide good back, hip and shoulder support.
    — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2017
  • Adam Batirov, who has also competed for a team in Bahrain, said of Dagestan’s highland wrestlers.
    — Photographs and Text By Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2018
  • In one, there are wild barley seeds, normally found in highland pastures, held together in small canvas pouches.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The landscape feels almost Scottish, as highland vistas alternate with rolling clouds.
    — Ely Portillo [email protected], charlotteobserver, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Some of the victims showed evidence of skull deformations, a custom that was practice in some of the highland areas during that time.
    — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Generally, highland tequilas tend to be more floral and citrus while lowland varieties carry more earthy notes.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 24 July 2019
  • The holiday is filled with gorgeous Scottish vistas and highland balls, but the Flintshire household is a deeply unhappy one.
    — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2018
  • Chest heaving and eyes fluttering, the 3-year-old boy lay silently on a hospital ward in the highland town of Hajjah, a bag of bones fighting for breath.
    — Declan Walsh, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Calmo returned to Todos Santos two years later, but soon joined an exodus of highland residents who no longer felt welcome or safe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
  • James' father, a millionaire hotel owner, renovated the estate to include a posh lodge and cabins, which visitors can rent for a luxe highland getaway.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2018
  • The recovery has been significantly slower and less effective in remote and highland areas—but parts of San Juan, too.
    — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The event features competitions in bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing, athletics and sheep dog trials.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Although researchers have long thought that the island's mountainous terrain kept highland groups isolated, this study finds that the clusters formed in both the highlands and lowlands—where the terrain is flatter.
    — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Take a cinematic cruise down the long flat farm roads, cooing at highland cattle and relaxed quarter horses or stop to collect a local farmer’s bounty in exchange for a few dollars in the honor system jar.
    — Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2018
  • The zoo has been around since the late 1800s and today -- besides the famous capybaras -- is home to bison, llamas, peacocks, reindeer, highland cattle, wallabies, emus and sheep.
    — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 25 June 2017
  • The 2019 Mustang Bullitt, which features dark highland green exterior paint and chrome accents, is expected to be available this summer.
    — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Thousands of spectators attend the yearly event, in which clansmen test one another’s prowess in various competitions, including bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing and sheep dog trials.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019
  • The central highland state of Guanajuato was predicted to go to a candidate of the conservative National Action Party.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2018

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