How to Use Scotland Yard in a Sentence

Scotland Yard

noun
  • The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard.
  • There have been no arrests, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Joe Alwyn has revealed how a prank gone very wrong landed him in hot water with Scotland Yard.
    — EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In these three decades of publication, there’s been change both at Scotland Yard and on the domestic front.
    — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Found with the help of Scotland Yard and the Pinkerton detective agency, she was brought back for trial.
    — Marcia Biederman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Within weeks, her parents discovered her subterfuge and engaged Scotland Yard to bring her home.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Two years ago, Scotland Yard detectives searched the farmhouse area for her remains, but found nothing, per Sky News.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Voila, Kansas City authorities go from being mocked to looking like the best of Scotland Yard.
    — Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • Spike' was a nickname sometimes used for the prince, particularly by Scotland Yard officers.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Three more potentially crucial years of the archive were destroyed four months later, even though Scotland Yard, too, had now begun asking for evidence.
    — Nick Davies, Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Gallagher was charged by Scotland Yard in July following an investigation that started last year.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Poirot is there with his friend – and the novel’s narrator – Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • While on the talk show, Alwyn also told a story about a childhood prank — involving fake blood — that ended with a Scotland Yard policeman yelling at him and one of his brothers.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Citing a report by Scotland Yard detailing the incident, the Times reports Fagan first entered a room on the ground floor of the palace on that fateful day.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Both were discovered in his possession by Scotland Yard in 2001 and only recently turned over to the families trying to bring the lawsuit.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Attorneys for the families said additional evidence from Scotland Yard is being processed.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, newlyweds Ivy and Potts adjust to married life, a new detective settles in at Scotland Yard, and Nash causes chaos, even from across the globe.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, newlyweds Ivy and Potts adjust to married life, a new detective settles in at Scotland Yard, and Nash causes chaos, even from across the globe.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But the part of a former Scotland Yard detective who returns to Jamaica to search for missing children — the kind of role that traditionally goes to men — was worth examining from all angles.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • After Scotland Yard launched a massive investigation, the trophy was discovered by a dog named Pickles seven days later, in bushes outside his owner's home.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Lewis was to help coordinate with Scotland Yard and Parliamentary investigators.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • The five episode season follows Millie Black, a former Scotland Yard detective, who is investigating a missing child case that becomes an obsession.
    — Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Archer, who was on the hunt for realistic background for his book, called upon longtime collaborator and former Scotland Yard detective Michelle Roycroft to advise him about the fake art world.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Keefe, an executive producer on the series, was in London, sitting in a director’s chair between setups in a mockup of Scotland Yard, when a guest of the episode’s director started chatting with him.
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
  • After going into hiding and living under blanket Scotland Yard protection for nine years, Rushdie gradually reëmerged in public with little or no visible security.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Brown has demanded a criminal investigation from Scotland Yard, which opened a preliminary review to determine whether a full investigation is warranted.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Less than 24 hours later we – the feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut – and a number of other groups called for people to come to Scotland Yard to protest the police's violent behaviour.
    — Sisters Uncut, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • After arriving, the group discovers that a superintendent from Scotland Yard named Battle (Martin Freeman) is also attending the event.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Sweet, de-humped Igor gets a love interest, Victor expresses some vague daddy and dead brother issues, and the pair are pursued by a Bible-thumping Scotland Yard detective (Andrew Scott).
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
    — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024

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