America
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.
It was emblematic of her and Corbet’s then-burgeoning philosophy: of making lavish films on a shoestring, using stunning foreign environments to portray a bygone America and roping crew members and family into the collaboration.
From Los Angeles Times
The group’s name is derived from an Indigenous term for North America.
From Los Angeles Times
No other state auditor in America manages elections and Boliek had no experience doing so, but he expressed enthusiasm about taking on the job.
From Salon
Small-business profits, in the aggregate, are still in the black, but growth recently turned negative for the first time in a year and a half, Bowley said, citing Bank of America’s spending data.
From Barron's
It is thought turkeys were introduced to the UK by the explorers, Sebastian Cabot and William Strickland, who brought them back from the Americas in the early 1500s.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.