Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Under police escort, the protesters headed towards the flyover leading to Queens Drive before being diverted through a church yard into residential streets around Goodison Park stadium.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

She covered New York politics as an intern for City & State NY, was a community editor for the Queens Ledger and Brooklyn Downtown Star, and interned at WHYY.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The town hall in Bayside was standing room only ahead of Park’s appearance, with about 140 voters packed into the Hana Adult Day Care center in northeast Queens.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

I lived in the basement of a distant aunt I’d never met, and the commute from Jamaica, Queens, was over an hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Half of the travelers wore blue and white T-shirts that declared them Young Saints of Shiloh Baptist from Queens.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia