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How to use the word english-language in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

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The Hong Kong BNO scheme is an interesting case study of what can happen if there is political will, there are 12 welcome centers across the country and a really good support package which costs relatively little, including help with English language. And most importantly they just didn’t politicize it. All this has meant that 144,000 Hong Kongers have come here with little to no fuss, integrated quickly and there have been minimal issues.

Sam Goodman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Two of the primary factors were the aggressive approach the victim took toward the defendant and everyone working with the defendant, and that the victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language.

Grayson Kamm

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have to have that education. We have to have it. We have to master the western culture. We have to master the English language. It's the only way we can strengthen and fortify our own way of life. We have to know who we are working with and how to work with them.

Albert White Hat Sr.

added by Heyoka
2 years ago

There are no words in the English language, nor should there be, to describe the pain that we're going through right now, i think today just proves that love is greater than anger and hate. And so, as a proud Houstonian, I want to just acknowledge the amazing work of the people who are here to protect us from bad people.

Paul Castro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The five vowels of the English language are always present in the three revitalizing words of family therapy: smile, laugh, cry. There’s none in the third word, so we add the missing “o” !

Clifford Villanueva Villalon

added by anonymous
3 years ago

There are not words in the English language to properly describe how the remarks of Ifind Congresswoman Greene these communities feel.

Ted Deutch

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It's like' The The Hunger Games ',' people who don't have a computer, don't have good internet, aren't comfortable with technology, maybe have limited English language skills, they are not getting through. And that's reflected in who is showing up at these sites.

City Councilman Mark Levine

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I knew that an African accent could carry all of that passion in the English language just as well as a British one could if not better.

Chadwick Boseman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly explain how much I want to hit you with a chair.”

Alexander Hamilton

added by ILY3000
4 years ago

It is common sense to avoid uttering the most offensive word in the English language, especially in an environment where the speaker holds the power.

Joseph Harroz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history.

Shonda Rhimes

added by Normando
4 years ago

You go survey Americans, they say resoundingly they don't want to watch non English language content, but when you present that non English language show with great English language dubs — which might be surprising considering the history we have of bad dubbing — tremendous numbers will actually watch that show.

Greg Peters

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s obviously not perfect, it isn’t building a long-term story and the grammar isn’t perfect. But the network is able to learn the basics of the English language and structure of George R.R. Martin’s style on its own.

Zack Thoutt

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There aren't words in the English language to describe the level of relief and elation experienced by the Thomas family, now begins another hard chapter, but for now, we celebrate.

Jason Whatley

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Senator Durbin has been outspoken in his criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supportive of Ukrainian efforts to reform their economy and defend their nation. This letter is a forgery and was obviously written by somebody with a tenuous grasp of the English language.

Ben Marter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Philip Larkin will be memorialized very near Geoffrey Chaucer finding a fitting place among his fellow poets, i have no doubt that his work and memory will live on as long as the English language continues to be understood.

Dr John Hall

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Without an objective measure of their progress, it was easy to deny special education students and English-language learners the extra resources they need, opting out could cost us much of the progress we have made and damage the work that still needs to be done for our most vulnerable students.

Merryl Tisch

Found on CNN
9 years ago

My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets -- no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

Philip Roth

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

James Nicoll

added by anonymous
13 years ago

He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.

Edward R. Murrow, On Winston Churchill, 1954

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less.

Robert E. Lee

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Reality" is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.

Unknown

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?

George Carlin

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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