Explore Highlanders through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Highlanders meaning
plural of Highlander
Using Highlanders
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Highlander
- In the example corpus, highlanders often appears in combinations such as: the highlanders, highlanders were, highlanders and.
Context around Highlanders
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Highlanders
- In this selection, "highlanders" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gordon, cameron, scotia, catcher, infielders and defence stand out and add context to how "highlanders" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and glengarry highlanders and the and and the highlanders at allianz. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "highlanders" sits close to words such as acidic, adamu and attributable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with highlanders
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 2008 Toyota Highlander is one of the best Highlanders in terms of reliability. (14 words)
By contrast, the Highlanders struggled for cohesion often as their passing, in particular, was wayward. (15 words)
The Cabot Highlanders continue their PEI road trip with a game against the Western Rebels at Noon. (17 words)
Granada Hills 2, Cleveland 1: With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh, Andrew Cuevo got a groundout to help the top-seeded Highlanders hold on and advance to Wednesday’s City Section Open Division semifinals at USC. (43 words)
He was then posted to 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders in Singapore and was involved in the battle for Malaya – where the Gordon Highlanders were heavily outnumbered – after the Japanese launched an attack on December 8, 1941. (36 words)
The bad: Whitley County scored nine touchdowns of its own, rolling up more than 500 yards of offense and keeping its foot on the throttle the entire night in a 63-14 win over the Highlanders. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Saunders, p. 111 The 9th Brigade's reserves consisted of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada.
We risk losing more by asking highlanders to continue to be highlanders without giving them the benefits of modern development.
He was then posted to 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders in Singapore and was involved in the battle for Malaya – where the Gordon Highlanders were heavily outnumbered – after the Japanese launched an attack on December 8, 1941.
Tevita Nabura of the Highlanders is sent off during the round 14 Super Rugby match between the Waratahs and the Highlanders at Allianz Stadium on May 19, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.
The Highlanders catcher vehemently argued the safe call at second base with the umpire in question, going on at such length that the other Highlanders infielders gathered nearby to watch.
After a lively start, Pirates were in control early on with their impressive runs, but they could not break through the solid Highlanders defence.
By contrast, the Highlanders struggled for cohesion often as their passing, in particular, was wayward.
Chaminuka’s first assignment is a tricky encounter against Ngezi Platinum Stars who are second on the log standings with 13 points, a point behind log leaders Highlanders FC.
County’s last meeting with United was a chastening evening for the Highlanders at Tannadice, with the 3-0 defeat sending them to the foot of the Premiership.
Fullback Andrew Kellaway also got in on the action when managed to roll and hold up Highlanders flanker James Lentjes over the line in the 75th minute.
Granada Hills 2, Cleveland 1: With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh, Andrew Cuevo got a groundout to help the top-seeded Highlanders hold on and advance to Wednesday’s City Section Open Division semifinals at USC.
More importantly, the Force’s fifth straight win at home this season ensured they ended the round in eighth spot, three points ahead of the ninth-placed Highlanders.
Otago has signed Highlanders loosie Tom Sanders on a one-year deal and he will make his first appearance for the province in a warm-up game against Southland at Kettle Park tomorrow.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Highlanders gave the high-flying Brumbies an almighty fright before slipping to a 48-32 loss in Canberra last night.
Poihipi’s intercept try beat the previous record of 12 seconds set by the Highlanders’ Vula Maimuri in 2001.
That is incredibly bad news for young Highlanders and others struggling to get onto the housing ladder for the first time.
The 2008 Toyota Highlander is one of the best Highlanders in terms of reliability.
The bad: Whitley County scored nine touchdowns of its own, rolling up more than 500 yards of offense and keeping its foot on the throttle the entire night in a 63-14 win over the Highlanders.
The Cabot Highlanders continue their PEI road trip with a game against the Western Rebels at Noon.
The formula was simple but the co-operation from their Anzac cousins was regrettably incomplete, and the Highlanders will not be appearing in the Super Rugby playoffs this season.
Common combinations with highlanders
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the highlanders 98×
- highlanders were 9×
- highlanders and 8×
- highlanders in 8×
- mbabane highlanders 8×
- highlanders have 7×
- gordon highlanders 6×
- for highlanders 6×
- highlanders to 5×
- highlanders will 5×