Aiken is an English word with synonyms like writer or author. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Aiken meaning
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A city, the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.
Using Aiken
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname transferred from the given name. | A city, the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.
- Useful related words include: conrad aiken, conrad potter aiken, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, aiken often appears in combinations such as: aiken county, the aiken, in aiken.
Context around Aiken
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aiken
- In this selection, "aiken" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, keep, old, downtown, county, standard and high stand out and add context to how "aiken" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the aiken county government and the old aiken county hospital. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aiken" sits close to words such as airfield, apr and bedding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aiken
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sanders, 56, was born at the old Aiken County Hospital in Aiken and raised in Graniteville. (16 words)
Gloria Wade, with Aiken Master Gardener Association, visits with gardening enthusiast DeJason Fowler July 6 at Aiken County Farmers Market. (20 words)
Members of Tracey Turner's team look at the roof of the the old Aiken County Hospital in Aiken last week. (21 words)
Brian Sanders is the new Aiken County administrator and has been serving in that position since July 21. He succeeded Clay Killian, who retired July 20. Sanders is standing in County Council Chambers at the Aiken County Government Center. (39 words)
Keep Aiken County Beautiful will hold an American Recycling Day Drop-In from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Sandlapper Room on the first floor of the Aiken County Government Center, 1930 University Parkway. (37 words)
Sinful Dancer (No. 2), ridden by Makaia Paige Carpenter, defeats He Is Bonafide (background), ridden by Kathleen Wilson, in the City of Aiken Cup on Saturday during the Aiken Trials at the Aiken Training Track. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sinful Dancer (No. 2), ridden by Makaia Paige Carpenter, defeats He Is Bonafide (background), ridden by Kathleen Wilson, in the City of Aiken Cup on Saturday during the Aiken Trials at the Aiken Training Track.
Keep Aiken County Beautiful Program Coordinator Kandace Cave, left, and Susan Harrison smile for the camera after the Keep Aiken County Beautiful Volunteer Awards Luncheon on June 21 at the Aiken County Government Center.
Aiken Mayor Rick Osbon told the Aiken Standard on Thursday the city values the historic wall, calling the structure a "landmark" of the Aiken area.
Brannon said it was “wonderful” growing up in Aiken during her childhood with “all these brains coming into Aiken” to work at the Savannah River Plant.
Brian Sanders is the new Aiken County administrator and has been serving in that position since July 21. He succeeded Clay Killian, who retired July 20. Sanders is standing in County Council Chambers at the Aiken County Government Center.
During Aiken County Council’s meeting Dec. 12 at the Aiken County Government Center, the panel unanimously approved a resolution recognizing Warner for her service.
He said the reason why homes in Crosland Park were getting new fire alarms was that the Aiken Department of Public Safety deemed that area of Aiken as a need.
Members of Tracey Turner's team look at the roof of the the old Aiken County Hospital in Aiken last week.
Roger Rollins, a member of Aiken's National Day of Prayer committee, introduces himself and offers some guidelines to begin the National Day of Prayer noontime gathering held May 7, 2015, in downtown Aiken.
Sanders, 56, was born at the old Aiken County Hospital in Aiken and raised in Graniteville.
She and Aikin’s other bracchi also roam two to six miles a day (three to 9.5 km) a day at a nature preserve near Aiken’s home in Aiken, South Carolina.
The Aiken Republican Club will meet at 11 a.m. today at Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St. N.E. The speaker will be Aiken City Council member Kay Bierman Brohl.
The hospital reopened on Richland Avenue West in 1927, after the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society leased the property in Aiken County for $1 per year, the paper reported.
Aiken County Council took action July 16 that moved forward the latest effort to find a new owner for the old Aiken County Hospital.
C., shares a memory and a laugh amid Garden Club of Aiken's 100th anniversary celebration, held May 3 at Aiken County Historical Museum.
Gloria Wade, with Aiken Master Gardener Association, visits with gardening enthusiast DeJason Fowler July 6 at Aiken County Farmers Market.
In the search for a new director of the Aiken County Voter Registration and Elections Office, money will be an important consideration, a state official told the Aiken Standard recently.
Keep Aiken County Beautiful will hold an American Recycling Day Drop-In from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Sandlapper Room on the first floor of the Aiken County Government Center, 1930 University Parkway.
Kevin and Brittany Kisner plan to purchase a property in downtown Aiken to build a home but have run into delays from the Aiken Design Review Board.
State representative and former Aiken High School principal Bill Clyburn and wife Beverly with Clyburn's hallway plaque on Aiken High's campus.
Common combinations with aiken
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- aiken county 58×
- the aiken 52×
- in aiken 27×
- of aiken 15×
- aiken standard 8×
- at aiken 7×
- aiken and 6×
- aiken city 6×
- south aiken 6×
- usc aiken 5×