How to Use the English in a Sentence

the English

noun
  • But the English are hard to write about.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • My idea of funny is the English say the craziest things with a straight face.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Crowds gathered on both sides of the English Channel.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now the English singer-songwriter sits in fourth place on this ranking.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Cody Rhodes cleared off the English announce table.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Jacir focuses on a handful of villagers and a few of the English.
    — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Once the English broke the dam, the boos now rain down on the pitch as the broadcast crews cut to commercial.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Wright, though, is the one in scorching-hot form in the English Championship.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Although many of the members of the English rock band have changed over the years, Box is still the lead guitarist.
    — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • So are a third of all clubs across the four divisions of the English Football League.
    — Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu voice the English-language version.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • The relationship of the English to their flag is deeply ambivalent.
    — Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Carney had said the English-only message showed a lack of compassion and judgment.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Carney had said the English-only message showed a lack of compassion and judgment.
    — CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Many expect the English forward to start as Liam Rosenior rotates his squad.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Latvia, meanwhile, can only clinch a second-place play-off spot at best but needs to pull off a mighty upset against the English to keep that dream alive.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But thanks to the musical, the English-speaking world knows what Les Misérables is.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • But this fall, the actress better known as the voice of the English dub Ash Ketchum battled the masses to catch a flight.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The picture serves as the English-language starring debut of Taemi.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The book takes place in the seventeenth century, at the time of the English Civil War.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
  • El Tri largely placed Pickford and the English end under siege but could not find the equalizer.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • There have been ascents on Denali and Aconcagua and attempts to swim the English Channel.
    — Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In many parts of the English-speaking world and Latin America, there’s still a big stigma about men dancing.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 May 2026
  • Spanish and Korean mixes with the English.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Gleitze became the first British woman to swim the English Channel in 1927.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The bedroom in the English Garden is situated on the opposite side of the living room to the kitchen.
    — New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Click here to read the interview, which has been edited and condensed for clarity, in French; the English can be read below.
    — Vivienne Walt For Time France, Time, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The Chunnel] beneath the English Channel.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The Bayeux Tapestry is about to cross the English Channel for the first time in nearly a thousand years.
    — Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026

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