Example sentences for: staten

How can you use “staten” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Located in Staten Island, it's the largest and most poetically named garbage dump in the world).

  • The McCain campaign has actually had an active office in New York for only a few weeks, and it is in the relatively isolated location of Staten Island, the smallest of New York City's five boroughs.

  • Mass commitment to urbanism has never existed in the United States--even in New York, which seems more urban than it really is because it annexed most of its suburbs (that is, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island) long ago.

  • Staten Island , New York was named after the legislative governing body of the Netherlands, the Staten-General , perhaps because a meeting was held there in 1776 in which American and British representatives tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a peaceful end to the American Revolution.

  • Critics predict that the Staten Island rap group's 27-track double CD--released along with Wu-Wear, a clothing line--will mark a breakthrough for hip-hop, as both hype and art.


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