Example sentences for: states--

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

  • Most people living outside the farming states--Today's Papers included--enjoy a good laugh every four years when presidential candidates go to Iowa and become disciples of farm subsidies.

  • Therefore, we proudly announce that the entire population of the United States--267,090,705 wonderful Americans as of Thursday evening, according to the Census Bureau's population clock--is on the first annual list of Slate's Most Influential Americans With the Hottest Bods and Biggest CEO Salaries Not to Mention Intriguing Personalities and Best Restaurants Under $25 for the Next Century.

  • The controversy began in 1947, when Great Britain withdrew from the Indian subcontinent, creating two states--India (predominantly Hindu) and Pakistan (predominantly Muslim)--out of the subcontinent's hundreds of territories.

  • Three big states--Florida, Texas, and California--have implemented a solution that has been heralded by conservatives and liberals, by Ward Connerly and the New York Times . The key to agreement over affirmative action, it turns out, is for everyone to say the opposite of what they mean.

  • According to the WJC, he wrote, the present number of Jews in the United States--5.


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