Example Sentences

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Badenoch took issue with Matt Goodwin's stress on ethnicity as the key factor in defining Englishness.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Barnes uses his neatly attired Englishness as camouflage for narrative experimentation and legerdemain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“Rigor and extravagance, strength in delicacy, Englishness with an Italian accent,” the show notes read.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

The Englishness of the piece — evident in the use of ‘brilliant” in the title — was part of the work’s understated charm.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023

He was still looking at her, as if in enjoyment of the Englishness and freshness of which he had spoken.

From With Edged Tools by Merriman, Henry Seton