How to Use British in a Sentence

British

noun
  • But the freedom-loving British wouldn’t have it.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some are in the British Crown Jewels.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
    — Time, 12 Apr. 2025
  • This marks a new era for British Vogue’s first Black editor-in-chief.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
  • What has turned the tide in the right direction for you since the British Grand Prix?
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Belfast was British, the loyalists said, even more British than the British!
    — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But the farther north the British went from the King’s Bridge the shakier their hold was.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Only past winner British Airways was missing from this year’s list.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Photographs of protests line the walls, and the blue flag of British Hong Kong flies over the cash register.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 May 2024
  • The also British Rosa — that’s four Brits onboard — has years of experience, even as a chief stew.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The findings were published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The flour has barely settled in this new season of The Great British Baking Show.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The team that scaled Everest in 1953 was led by the British, who were in the last throes of trying to stake out their empire.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Aero reports that JetBlue wants to start a code-sharing agreement with British Airways.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 23 May 2024
  • British Airways has an unpublished partner award chart based on distance, and many of its nonstop flights could cost less than booking through Finnair.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Unhidden is the first adaptive brand to become a member of the British Fashion Council.
    — Olivia Pinnock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Still, the community wants to see the chat logs, and so does British Columbia, which is funding their recovery.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The prince served two tours of duty in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot during a 10-year stint with the British Army.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That was just a few days before she was supposed to fly to Vancouver, British Columbia, to see Swift.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Bayeux Tapestry makes history at the British Museum, one of many shows sure to draw crowds this fall.
    — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Dealing with the British, his Tenzing is scrupulous and honorable, but don’t confuse that with subservience.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • While the British prevailed over the rebels, the uprising laid the foundations for African nationalism.
    — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But that didn’t ring true to British Columbia and the Tumbler Ridge community.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Revolutionary Boston stood up to the British and Boston will stand up to you, Wu, in so many words, said.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The shooter killed five children at British Columbia school, authorities said.
    — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The nation – which was colonized by the British in 1788 – has long debated whether a long-distance monarch is still needed.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 14 July 2024
  • The Great British Baking Show is back for collection 14 on Netflix.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In 1768, the British cracked down on crime against tax collectors in colonial Boston by sending troops into the city.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Having taken Seamus outside the wake, the British flipped him by offering the prospect of a better life for him and his wife in London.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The findings were published in the British Medical Journal on March 27.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024

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