How do you use Bostonian in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like american, plus the exact meaning.
Bostonian meaning
- A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
- A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Synonyms of Bostonian
Using Bostonian
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. | A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.
- Useful related words include: american.
- In the example corpus, bostonian often appears in combinations such as: bostonian who, is bostonian, and bostonian.
Context around Bostonian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bostonian
- In this selection, "bostonian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, bears, overrated, lawyer, crime and living stand out and add context to how "bostonian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the bostonian as a and as a bostonian who runs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bostonian" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bostonian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
John Adams is a Bostonian lawyer – I enjoyed his articulacy. (10 words)
Diehard patriots fan and Bostonian, but welcome back Buffalo and hopefully Miami! (12 words)
Tangentially, I’d like to debunk the most overrated Bostonian of all-time, “heroic” Paul Revere. (16 words)
But Eustace said Dubious, who has form around Yes Yes Yes and The Bostonian as a two-year-old before pushing Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan in the Danehill last start, would be fitter third-up on Wednesday. (37 words)
Searsmont, a few miles west of Belfast, was named for David Sears, a Bostonian who made big money in the shipping trade in the 1700s, and who owned the land that would soon become Searsmont. (35 words)
With a starry supporting cast that includes Michael Stuhlbarg, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina and Toby Jones, Liman’s film is a Bostonian crime caper that stands as a light-hearted alternative to The Town. (34 words)
Diehard patriots fan and Bostonian, but welcome back Buffalo and hopefully Miami! (12 words)
Example sentences (12)
Benjamin Franklin, then a 12-year-old Bostonian, later memorialized the disaster in a poem titled The Lighthouse Tragedy.
Searsmont, a few miles west of Belfast, was named for David Sears, a Bostonian who made big money in the shipping trade in the 1700s, and who owned the land that would soon become Searsmont.
John Adams is a Bostonian lawyer – I enjoyed his articulacy.
With a starry supporting cast that includes Michael Stuhlbarg, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina and Toby Jones, Liman’s film is a Bostonian crime caper that stands as a light-hearted alternative to The Town.
As a Bostonian who runs on Dunkin’, reminiscing about the Celtics of the late 2000s is bittersweet.
Diehard patriots fan and Bostonian, but welcome back Buffalo and hopefully Miami!
The punts he had on Monday against my wife’s bears ( Bostonian living in Chicago) blew my mind.
Well a lot of New Yorkers and Bostonian’s have hit Ptown to hunker down… and they are playing.
But Eustace said Dubious, who has form around Yes Yes Yes and The Bostonian as a two-year-old before pushing Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan in the Danehill last start, would be fitter third-up on Wednesday.
Tangentially, I’d like to debunk the most overrated Bostonian of all-time, “heroic” Paul Revere.
It was at this time that his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with the anonymous collection of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".
Thus the phrase "park the car" is said identically by a New Zealander, Australian or Bostonian.
Common combinations with bostonian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bostonian who 2×
- is bostonian 2×
- and bostonian 2×