How to Use Irishman in a Sentence

Irishman

noun
  • The Irishman had the challenge of cutting three of his six artists.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2023-11-22
  • Her college coach, a native Irishman, helped in the process.
    — Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2025-07-11
  • But just as bizarre was the fact that the Northern Irishman didn't even want to hear about it.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 2025-03-15
  • Period pieces like The Irishman will style your hair to fit the time.
    — Jon Hart, HollywoodReporter, 2025-06-03
  • So far in this tournament, the 35-year-old Irishman has played some of his best golf to date.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 2025-04-13
  • All over Ireland, the grief was not just for a storied Irishman and a great poet.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 2024-12-09
  • This would put Kelleher in his peak years, bit this would require the Irishman to hang around for a long time.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 2024-02-26
  • The literary Irishman was ready to stage his own one-man protest against censorship.
    — E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2025-03-04
  • If that sounds like thirsty work, Irishman Colm Dalton has just the ticket.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 2025-04-26
  • Being 22 has its perks as the Northern Irishman will know.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Northern Irishman seemed relaxed and carefree, even right in the heat of battle.
    — Langston Wertz Jr., Charlotte Observer, 2024-05-11
  • My dad, another Irishman, worked at the Capitol.
    — Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
  • At Calvert Hall, the lanky Irishman starred in football, basketball and lacrosse.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 2023-05-16
  • Murphy made one of the night’s most effective speeches, calling himself a proud Irishman.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2024-03-11
  • The steely-eyed Northern Irishman was making a mockery of the firm and fast greens that had humbled so much of the field across the week.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 2024-06-17
  • The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 2025-02-28
  • An Irishman in the Outback recovers from a wild car accident but has no idea why so many people are after him.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 2024-01-31
  • The 53-year-old Irishman is still built like a boxer, and his driver boomed and his putter whispered for 14 holes.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 2025-06-26
  • That one component, yes, but the technology was better and the artists have learned more [since The Irishman was made].
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-07-09
  • The sunny Irishman Shane Lowry birdied both toward a fleeting lead at 5-under-par 66.
    — Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 2024-07-18
  • The feeling at Everton was that the Irishman was under-utilised by Dyche and had the quality on the ball to help.
    — Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 2025-02-20
  • An Irishman who heads a family empire with his wife, Maeve (Helen Mirren).
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 2025-04-03
  • An Irishman named John Pius Boland won gold in the men's singles tennis having entered on an impulse while on holiday.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 2024-07-21
  • Mum’s the word for McIlroy, the 34-year-old Northern Irishman with four major championships.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2023-06-16
  • Though the rest of the movie’s cast has been kept under wraps, it was revealed last month that Murphy’s fellow Irishman, Barry Keoghan, has an undisclosed role in the film.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2024-09-30
  • The Northern Irishman will miss the visit of Brentford and is likely to be replaced by Jenson Seelt as Le Bris continues to promote a line-up dotted with young talents.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Northern Irishman is also slated to be lead participant for Europe in this year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Watch The Irishman on Netflix The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal's 2021 directorial debut stars Olivia Colman as Leda, a middle-aged divorcée who becomes an empty nester and decides to take a holiday by the sea.
    — Alex Gurley, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Eliminated by the aforementioned Viktoria Plzen in last season’s Europa League knockout phase, the Irishman has led Ferencvaros to within touching distance of a first Champions League outing since 2020-21 after wins over Noah and Ludogorets of Armenia and Bulgaria, respectively.
    — Jack Bantock, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Plemons also added to his filmography with Black Mass (2015), The Irishman (2019), The Power of the Dog (2021) — for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor — Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
    — James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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