Explore Boston through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like beantown. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Boston meaning
- A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
- A number of places in the United States:
- The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
Synonyms of Boston
Using Boston
- The main meaning on this page is: A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244). | A number of places in the United States: | The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
- Useful related words include: bean town, beantown, capital of massachusetts, state capital.
- In the example corpus, boston often appears in combinations such as: the boston, in boston, boston bruins.
Context around Boston
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boston
- In this selection, "boston" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2020, east, lane, massachusetts, police and common stand out and add context to how "boston" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airport in boston massachusetts, boston ma january, boston bruins, boston red and boston cbs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boston" sits close to words such as affairs, finish and warning, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boston
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Boston's principal airport is Logan International Airport ( BOS ), situated in East Boston just across inner Boston Harbor from downtown Boston. (21 words)
The Boston Record On September 3, 1884, The Boston Evening Record was started by the Boston Advertiser as a campaign newspaper. (21 words)
They were simply "Boston", "Bostonians" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. (24 words)
BOSTON, MA: February 18, 2020: Boston Latin's Brendan O'Brien stretches out as he takes a shot on goal as the O'Bryant Tigers take on the Boston Latin Academy Dragons in the Boston City Championship at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. (43 words)
A volunteer hands out finisher’s medals at the B.A.A. 10k road race in Boston Staff Photo by Nancy Lane/Boston Herald (Sunday,June 25, 2023). on the Boston Common on Sunday, in Boston, MA. (37 words)
Many of the chain hotels — like the Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil HallHyatt Regency BostonRevere Hotel Boston Common — are located in Boston's downtown, so it's all just a step outside your hotel lobby. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
BOSTON, MA: February 18, 2020: Boston Latin's Brendan O'Brien stretches out as he takes a shot on goal as the O'Bryant Tigers take on the Boston Latin Academy Dragons in the Boston City Championship at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
A volunteer hands out finisher’s medals at the B.A.A. 10k road race in Boston Staff Photo by Nancy Lane/Boston Herald (Sunday,June 25, 2023). on the Boston Common on Sunday, in Boston, MA.
BOSTON, MA: May 16, 2020: Boston Police Commissioner William Gross updates the media as Boston police investigate a midday police involved shooting along Massachusetts Avenue in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston's principal airport is Logan International Airport ( BOS ), situated in East Boston just across inner Boston Harbor from downtown Boston.
BOSTON — David Ortiz knows that what he said at the first game at Fenway Park after the Boston Marathon bombing had an impact — in Boston and around the world.
Many of the chain hotels — like the Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil HallHyatt Regency BostonRevere Hotel Boston Common — are located in Boston's downtown, so it's all just a step outside your hotel lobby.
The Boston mayor’s administration created a list of critics and protesters last year and gave it to the Boston Police Department (BPD), according to the Boston Herald.
BOSTON, MA: January 30, 2020: Members of the flight crew off a Hainan Airlines flight from Shanghai wear masks as they arrive at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston Massachusetts.
BOSTON, MA: January 30, 2020: Passengers off a Hainan Airlines flight from Shanghai wear masks as they arrive Boston Logan International Airport in Boston Massachusetts.
BOSTON, MA- June 5, 2019: Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joins Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and members of the Richard family to tour the Martin Richard Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Janey countered: “There are many corporations that are moving into Boston and want to make Boston their home and it’s important that those jobs be available for Boston residents.
Victor Oladipo torched Boston's defense for 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Indiana hold off a late push from Boston at TD Garden in Boston.
Boston's Logan Airport lies across Boston Harbor in East Boston, and before the Big Dig the only access from downtown was through the paired Callahan and Sumner tunnels.
On July 4, 2008, Jack Williams recited the poem accompanied by the Boston Pops during the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at Boston's 4 July Celebration.
The Boston Record On September 3, 1884, The Boston Evening Record was started by the Boston Advertiser as a campaign newspaper.
They were simply "Boston", "Bostonians" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city.
Alaine was well known in Boston due to her nursing career at London Road Hospital during WW11 and then at Wyberton West and Pilgrim Hospital Boston.
As a side gig, John served on the faculties of Harvard, Suffolk, and Boston College law schools throughout his life in the Boston legal community.
At Boston, on November 20, assaulted an emergency worker, namely a police constable, acting in the exercise of their functions as such a worker by beating them – four counts, three at Boston Pilgrim Hospital.
Authorities claim that U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark’s daughter assaulted a Boston Police officer trying to apprehend her for damaging a monument on the Boston Common on Saturday night.
Phrases with boston
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with boston
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the boston 83×
- in boston 72×
- boston bruins 22×
- boston ap 21×
- boston red 21×
- boston celtics 18×
- boston cbs 18×
- boston ma 16×
- of boston 16×
- boston massachusetts 15×