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Holyrood is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Holyrood in a sentence

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Holyrood meaning

  1. An area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
  2. The Scottish Parliament.
  3. A place in Canada:

Using Holyrood

  • The main meaning on this page is: An area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament. | The Scottish Parliament. | A place in Canada:
  • In the example corpus, holyrood often appears in combinations such as: at holyrood, the holyrood, in holyrood.

Context around Holyrood

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
2021

Corpus analysis for Holyrood

  • In this selection, "holyrood" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, 2021, elections, chamber and confirming stand out and add context to how "holyrood" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at holyrood the survey and at holyrood those like. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "holyrood" sits close to words such as altman, announcer and aubameyang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with holyrood

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

He retired from Holyrood in 2021. (6 words)

A statement at Holyrood confirming the decision is expected on Wednesday. (11 words)

Holyrood presents fewer opportunities and commendably, a goodly number of MSPs have no outside interests to declare. (17 words)

Also don’t forget he is another one of these extreme Scots Tories – a rabid Unionist who would shut down the Scottish Parliament if given half a chance – all part of the “wrecking ball politics” these charlatans practise at Holyrood. (40 words)

And yet, in the face of all of this, both the at Holyrood and the Conservatives at Westminster allowed internal party divisions to override the needs of everyday Scots as they lurched from crisis to crisis with ever increasing chaos. (40 words)

But Mr Matheson has declined to hand over the iPad to confirm he had used the device for work, as he has insisted, with Holyrood authorities stressing only the data use and not the browsing history has been examined. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

A constitutional convention would then be established to develop a draft constitution, which would be considered by Holyrood.

Across polling series, no pollster – except Panelbase, whose Alba vote share was significantly overinflated at the 2021 Holyrood elections – has found an Alba vote share above 3% since the party’s founding.

Addressing MSPs in the Holyrood chamber as victims and campaigners watched on from the public gallery, Ms Sturgeon said forced adoption was "a level of injustice which is hard now for us to comprehend".

All households were given a £400 discount by the UK Government, administered by energy suppliers that is paid in installments but campaigners urged both Westminster and Holyrood to do more to help the most vulnerable households.

Also don’t forget he is another one of these extreme Scots Tories – a rabid Unionist who would shut down the Scottish Parliament if given half a chance – all part of the “wrecking ball politics” these charlatans practise at Holyrood.

Although the SNP, like other parties, has recorded large deficits in the past, these have tended to coincide with years in which Holyrood or Westminster elections rack up campaign costs.

And yet, in the face of all of this, both the at Holyrood and the Conservatives at Westminster allowed internal party divisions to override the needs of everyday Scots as they lurched from crisis to crisis with ever increasing chaos.

A statement at Holyrood confirming the decision is expected on Wednesday.

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At Holyrood, the survey results show the SNP would retain its place as the largest party, with 33 per cent in the constituency vote and 26 per cent in the list vote.

At Holyrood those, like Ash Regan, who pledged to reform this failed party have been frozen out and shunned by party colleagues.

A YouGov poll showed that support for the SNP in Holyrood elections has fallen to its lowest level in five years, while voting intentions for the Westminster elections are their worst since 2019.

Both Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone are also in partnership with Holyrood and its Scottish 4G Infill programme (S4GI).

But Mr Matheson has declined to hand over the iPad to confirm he had used the device for work, as he has insisted, with Holyrood authorities stressing only the data use and not the browsing history has been examined.

Cunninghame North MSP Kenneth Gibson lodged a motion at Holyrood congratulating the youngsters at St Mary's Primary School on their first place at the Ayrshire Music Festival last month.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was forced to come to Holyrood last week to state that no transgender prisoner with a history of violence against women would be placed in a female prison.

He retired from Holyrood in 2021.

He said the UK government’s decision to block the bill, which recent polls suggest is supported by a majority of Scottish voters, was in reality “an assault, an attack” on Holyrood’s autonomy.

His retirement announcement came as he and Lynn Brown, Chief executive of the SPA, presented a paper to the meeting which warns policing north of the border is "unsustainable" given the latest cash settlement from Holyrood.

Holly Aynsley, PR and event manager at Holyrood Distillery said: “The team here works very hard to ensure everyone that comes here is made to feel welcome and they have a great experience.

Holyrood presents fewer opportunities and commendably, a goodly number of MSPs have no outside interests to declare.

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Common combinations with holyrood

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "holyrood" in a sentence?
An example: "A constitutional convention would then be established to develop a draft constitution, which would be considered by Holyrood." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "holyrood" from authentic English texts.
What does "holyrood" mean?
Holyrood means: An area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
How many example sentences with "holyrood" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "holyrood", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.