Houston is an English word with synonyms like city or general. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Houston meaning
- A habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
- A placename:
Synonyms of Houston
Using Houston
- The main meaning on this page is: A habitational surname. | A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage. | A placename:
- Useful related words include: city, general, political leader, pol.
- In the example corpus, houston often appears in combinations such as: the houston, houston texas, in houston.
Context around Houston
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Houston
- In this selection, "houston" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usa, twitter, 2023, police, area and texas stand out and add context to how "houston" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 28 2021 houston texas usa, 30 2023 houston tx usa, houston texas, houston police and houston astros. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "houston" sits close to words such as beauty, drew and forecast, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with houston
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
HOUSTON – Odissi Academy of Houston celebrated “Odissi Mahotsav” on Sunday afternoon at Houston Durgabari Society Auditorium. (16 words)
HOUSTON — A man was fatally stabbed in his northeast Houston home Friday night, according to the Houston Police Department. (19 words)
According to Houston police, the chase started on Houston's southwest side, off Richmond Avenue at Fountain View Drive. (19 words)
Houston Police/Twitter(HOUSTON) — Police in Houston released an image of a suspect they say caused a stampede at a Houston-area mall on Sunday when he jumped onto a table in the food court and declared he was going to kill himself. (43 words)
Crime Stoppers of Houston(HOUSTON) — Police in Houston say they’re desperate to find a man who was wearing a security guard uniform and holstered gun when he shot a 1-year-old in an apparent road rage incident. (39 words)
HOUSTON, TX, November 23, 2019 -- As one of the most sought-after professional air duct cleaning service providers in Houston TX, Take Air Duct & Carpet Cleaning Specialists LLC Houston TX is the best option for dryer vent cleaning. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Houston Police/Twitter(HOUSTON) — Police in Houston released an image of a suspect they say caused a stampede at a Houston-area mall on Sunday when he jumped onto a table in the food court and declared he was going to kill himself.
Jul 30, 2023; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud (7) throws during training camp practice at the Houston Methodist Training Center.
Crime Stoppers of Houston(HOUSTON) — Police in Houston say they’re desperate to find a man who was wearing a security guard uniform and holstered gun when he shot a 1-year-old in an apparent road rage incident.
HOUSTON – Odissi Academy of Houston celebrated “Odissi Mahotsav” on Sunday afternoon at Houston Durgabari Society Auditorium.
HOUSTON, TX, November 23, 2019 -- As one of the most sought-after professional air duct cleaning service providers in Houston TX, Take Air Duct & Carpet Cleaning Specialists LLC Houston TX is the best option for dryer vent cleaning.
Myrtle currently serves on the boards of Genesys Works Houston, The Houston Zoo, Stages Theatre and the Houston Area Women's Center.
Walat Aqrawi Ismael, president, Kurdish-American USA, Houston Foundation of Houston; Randall Czarlinsky, regional director, AJC, Houston; Murad, director, Yazda.
HOUSTON — A man was fatally stabbed in his northeast Houston home Friday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
She was predeceased by her parents, Robert S. and Helen L. (Engel) Houston; her husband, Kenneth M. Decker Sr.; her brothers, Edward K. and Robert E. Houston; and her sisters-in- law, Sue and Joan Houston.
The campaign was created by the Houston Area Against Trafficking Initiative and The Houston 20 with support from Crime Stoppers of Houston.
According to Houston police, the chase started on Houston's southwest side, off Richmond Avenue at Fountain View Drive.
A few years back she urged the District of Houston to place a higher priority on clearing snowbanks from roads and sidewalks, not just for her own safety but for all residents in Houston.
Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, is unable to field a ground ball hit by the Houston Astros’ Chas McCormick during the fourth inning on Friday night in Houston.
Dec 28, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (0) in action during the game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center.
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HOUSTON, Texas) — A 3-year-old in Houston, Texas, gained access to a firearm and “unintentionally” shot and killed a 4-year-old, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Focusing on the two most heavily populated watersheds in Houston's Harris County, Brays Bayou and Greens Bayou, the scholars did fieldwork to understand the diversity of Houston's flood victims.
Former NFL cornerback D.J. Hayden was killed Saturday morning in a car crash in Houston, according to The Houston Chronicle.
Fourth grade Houston Independent School District teacher Amberlyn Prather and her family moved into a Houston home in January and remained there until this month by allegedly forging a lease agreement, ABC 13 reported.
In 1996, the then-Houston Oilers and Carolina Panthers met for the first time in one of the final games to be played in the Houston Astrodome.
In 2020 the mill keys were presented to the trust by Sina Houston, ending the Houston family connection going back some 270 years through six generations.
Phrases with houston
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with houston
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the houston 79×
- houston texas 57×
- in houston 47×
- houston police 30×
- of houston 26×
- houston astros 18×
- houston rockets 12×
- houston houston 10×
- houston texans 9×
- houston and 9×