How to Use English in a Sentence

English

1 of 2 adjective
  • Nine years ago, the club was in the fifth tier of English soccer.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2023-05-28
  • Man just find the worst English woman's prison there is and stick her in it!
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 2023-08-18
  • Third graders are assessed only on English language arts and math.
    — Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2023-08-19
  • My writing is also shaped by my English degree.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Although Wrexham is in Wales, the team plays in the English soccer league.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 2023-05-26
  • Nine of the 11 starters played overseas, five of them in the English Premier League.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-08-07
  • None of the four complainants in the case can be named as they are afforded lifelong anonymity under English law.
    — Henry Austin, NBC News, 2023-07-26
  • None are in prison anymore, and few English-language news reports even exist about the murder today.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • DeJesus raised alarm on the rolling back of instructions for English learners.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Because the construction is a natural and graceful part of our English idiom.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The move was announced while Gerrard was in the middle of the English Premier League season.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 2023-06-07
  • Bong made history becoming the first non-English-speaking filmmaker to win best picture.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The video begins with Jones standing on the feet of the English singer-songwriter, who can then be heard singing along to the music as his daughter twirls around the room.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2023-06-07
  • Land was often measured in terms of the area that could be worked in a single day—the origin of the English acre, the German tagwerk, the French journal, and so on.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2023-06-21
  • Four mostly non-English titles topped the list in 2024, and all were mostly Korean-language efforts.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
  • English language copyright © 2025 by Yuki Tejima.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • For a 25-minute window during the test’s English-listening portion, commercial and military planes are grounded, as the noise of the engines could distract test-takers.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • On that roster, the English/Spanish release is one of Selena’s half-dozen leaders, and the set has ruled for 45 nonconsecutive frames.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Off-Beat Moments Despite being a traditional decorating style that translates well to formality and grandeur, modern English style is not stuffy.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For sales outfits like Federation International that have both French and English-language fare, Le Havre is a chance to really home in on the former.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The English flag, in particular, was prominent during the football hooliganism of the 1970s and 1980s, when soccer matches were marred by thuggish violence and racist abuse.
    — Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Kristen Winn watched in tears as her daughter Emily, a student at the Annunciation school, sat on the curb with her arm wrapped around Gideon, a 10-year-old English cream retriever, on Friday.
    — Alex V. Cipolle, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In excerpts from the journal, written using the Russian Cyrillic alphabet for English words, the suspect described her fascination with violence and obsession with mass shootings, particularly those that attacked schools.
    — Marc Santia, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For this episode, the judges are Heidi, Law, and guest judges Christian Cowan (an English designer mostly known for dressing pop stars and dating Sam Smith) and supermodel Joan Smalls.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Liverpool fans sing ahead of kick-off in the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England on May 11.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The second part, Mother, features Charlotte Rampling as a chilly English author living in Dublin, where her daughters — prim Timothea (Blanchett) and pink-haired wild child Lilith (Vicky Krieps) — have moved to be closer to her and yet see her once a year for afternoon tea.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The film is available in both English and Japanese, with its English voice cast boasting Luca Padovan, Pattinson, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Pugh, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista and more.
    — Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • English clubs were informed in May that the official transfer deadline for this summer’s window would be brought forward four hours, from 11pm UK (6pm ET, 3pm PT) to 7pm UK (2pm ET, 11am PT), on Monday, September 1.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025

English

2 of 2 noun
  • The boy and his mother did not speak English.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
  • Just two years ago, Alokozay couldn't speak English.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • My mother can speak and read English.
    — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • Hunt looked over and saw English flat on the field, not moving.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • English, Steel said, is her third language.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
  • Like, is English your first language?
    — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • His first language was English.
    — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Eve — along with her brothers — speaks French and English.
    — Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • English once said of the movie were a black, high school player was helped by a white family.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Stick with English or Persian cukes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
  • Then there was a song, and a teacher recited a prayer in English.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This column wasn't built on proper English.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Akil had a stammer, and English was his third or fourth language.
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • Knowledge of English can also vary.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Christian hymns were sung in English and Creole.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • English and French are the official languages of the court.
    — ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • Red-coated soldiers, stiff and solemn, called out orders in English.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • English had served as Roycemore’s head of school since 2022.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • My children speak English very well and speak English with each other.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The service The staff has a decent command of English here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
  • So what, exactly, are English Rose kitchens?
    — Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • Many are Spanish speakers learning English for the first time.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The hour will feature stories in both English and Spanish.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In English, that means the Cavs are getting good, open looks and simply clanking them off the rim.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • English also played bogey-free for his 64, finishing with a birdie to a front pin over the bunker.
    — ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The idea is for the players to integrate, and part of that is learning a passable English.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • The Hunts and English worked to turn a tragic story into something good.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Just don’t expect a lot of English–the hotel team were smiley and kind, but spoke a minimal amount.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • Right now, Bridget speaks English and Spanish.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • It was conducted in English and Spanish, both by phone and online.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

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