How do you use Colfax in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Colfax in a sentence
Colfax meaning
- An English surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.
Using Colfax
- The main meaning on this page is: An English surname. | A number of places in the United States: | A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.
- In the example corpus, colfax often appears in combinations such as: the colfax, east colfax, of colfax.
Context around Colfax
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colfax
- In this selection, "colfax" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, west, covers, ave, avenue and wisconsin stand out and add context to how "colfax" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the colfax ave business and 7233 e colfax ave has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colfax" sits close to words such as abacha, acetate and adl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colfax
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Westbound Colfax at Macon Street is shut down by the incident. (11 words)
East Colfax Ave in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (11 words)
Plate readers on Colfax go off when a stolen car goes by. (12 words)
And Colfax hustled himself and his colleagues the big raises they didn't and don't deserve for this part-time “work” on what he knew was the cynical basis that big pay would attract better candidates, an obviously false premise. (41 words)
West Colfax has become a hot market, with 205 annual home sales recorded in the last year that reflect a 153% increase in sales volume, compared to the same period a decade ago. (33 words)
An architect and former member of the board, Baldyga is now the vice president of the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District, which covers Colfax from roughly Sherman to Josephine streets. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
An architect and former member of the board, Baldyga is now the vice president of the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District, which covers Colfax from roughly Sherman to Josephine streets.
She grew up on farms in rural Augusta and Colfax Wisconsin and graduated from Colfax High School in 1959.
The three largest zones of concern here are Downing north of Colfax; around East High School, at 1600 City Park Esplanade; and south of Colfax on or near Corona.
COLFAX — Boyceville head boys’ basketball coach Ben Luer was succinct in his assessment of the Colfax boys after last Thursday’s road trip.
Schuyler Colfax was Ulysses Grant’s VP; thanks to his cheerful personality, colleagues called him “Smiler” Colfax.
The unemployment rate in East Colfax is also sky-high — 9.8 percent north of Colfax, 11.5 percent to the south.
Plate readers on Colfax go off when a stolen car goes by.
Westbound Colfax at Macon Street is shut down by the incident.
After limited opportunities at home versus Colfax, the Bulldogs’ offense found more success when it played in Spring Valley Thursday, April 25.
And Colfax hustled himself and his colleagues the big raises they didn't and don't deserve for this part-time “work” on what he knew was the cynical basis that big pay would attract better candidates, an obviously false premise.
Another: Frankenfield’s detail shot of the eyeball-like windows on the new Populous Building on Colfax Avenue downtown.
At the Colfax County Commission June 1, 2024 special meeting, the courtroom was practically empty, but decisions were made nonetheless.
Discover Denver has produced survey reports on the Regis area, Harkness Heights, Grandview, Jefferson Park, Sunnyside, and West Colfax.
East Colfax Ave in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Erik Duplessis, the owner of Precision Kutz and Stylez at 7233 E. Colfax Ave., has rented the barbershop’s space for nearly two decades.
Frank Locantore, executive director of the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District, which includes where Chuey Fu’s operated, said he hears that from nearly every business on the street.
Patrons sit in the children’s section at the Tattered Cover Book Store’s East Colfax Avenue location in Denver on June 28, 2024.
West Colfax has become a hot market, with 205 annual home sales recorded in the last year that reflect a 153% increase in sales volume, compared to the same period a decade ago.
An hour later, the attendees took to the streets and marched from the Capitol to Colfax Avenue, around Civic Center Park and then back.
Aurora is right next to Denver, not ten miles away, its northwest portion blends seamlessly and depressingly with East Colfax neighborhoods of Denver.
Common combinations with colfax
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the colfax 13×
- east colfax 13×
- of colfax 12×
- colfax avenue 11×
- colfax ave 4×
- colfax and 4×
- grant colfax 4×
- and colfax 3×
- on colfax 3×
- west colfax 3×