Explore Pennsylvania through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like colony or penn. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pennsylvania in a sentence
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Pennsylvania meaning
- A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
- A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state.
- The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
Synonyms of Pennsylvania
Using Pennsylvania
- The main meaning on this page is: A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia. | A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state. | The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
- Useful related words include: keystone state, pa, american state, colony.
- In the example corpus, pennsylvania often appears in combinations such as: of pennsylvania, in pennsylvania, the pennsylvania.
Context around Pennsylvania
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pennsylvania
- In this selection, "pennsylvania" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, western, kensington, township, conservancy, cnn and nearly stand out and add context to how "pennsylvania" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include university of pennsylvania, a pennsylvania man has, pennsylvania public, western pennsylvania and pennsylvania turnpike. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pennsylvania" sits close to words such as arrival, maintained and spaces, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pennsylvania
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
John Thomas, a Pennsylvania native, earned his bachelor’s degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. (16 words)
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 2019. (17 words)
Fort Indiantown Gap, a military base in central Pennsylvania, is a key training site for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. (20 words)
Then on February 6, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) ordered an immediate evacuation of a one-mile by two-mile area surrounding East Palestine that encompassed parts of both Ohio and Pennsylvania. (38 words)
In addition to living and farming in Knox, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Corry, and three children, ages 6, 3 and 2, she previously worked for 10 years as a regional director for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. (36 words)
Six years have passed since Pennsylvania permitted neighborhood electric vehicles to hit the road — a concept defined separately from golf carts in the transportation code — but they’re only starting to catch on in Western Pennsylvania. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
At least two other people were injured: David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania and James Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.
Additionally, funds raised in the plant sale support the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Botanic Gardens of Western Pennsylvania, and North Area Environmental Council, but also local community gardens in McCandless and Ross Township.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that The Satanic Temple must be allowed to hold its “After School Satan Club” in a public middle school in Pennsylvania’s Saucon Valley School District.
Pennsylvania (CNN) — The manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted murderer who escaped from prison in Pennsylvania nearly two weeks ago, has ended.
She studied architecture at Pennsylvania State University as an undergraduate and earned a master’s degree in the same subject from the University of Pennsylvania.
Then on February 6, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) ordered an immediate evacuation of a one-mile by two-mile area surrounding East Palestine that encompassed parts of both Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The police in Pennsylvania said Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison more than 10 days ago, was armed and had been spotted again on Monday night.
A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their Pennsylvania home almost five years ago.
Fort Indiantown Gap, a military base in central Pennsylvania, is a key training site for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
He grew up in Beaver, Pennsylvania, where he attended public school, and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1960, earning a B.S. in education.
If you compare it to Pennsylvania, we're getting probably 1% better in Pennsylvania than we are in Florida, but we're still doing well in Florida.
In addition to living and farming in Knox, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Corry, and three children, ages 6, 3 and 2, she previously worked for 10 years as a regional director for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
John Thomas, a Pennsylvania native, earned his bachelor’s degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry and the Pennsylvania State Police announced the arrests of 22 people connected to a long-standing, Philadelphia-based human trafficking ring on Oct. 22.
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 2019.
Pennsylvania has faced criticism in the past for not doing enough to stop pollution from flowing into the bay, and the improved report comes after Pennsylvania of failing to meet its obligations.
Political experts said for months that whichever candidate wins Pennsylvania wins the election, but Harris could win Pennsylvania and lose the election, according to Mark Halperin.
Six years have passed since Pennsylvania permitted neighborhood electric vehicles to hit the road — a concept defined separately from golf carts in the transportation code — but they’re only starting to catch on in Western Pennsylvania.
They said the immediate impact on Pennsylvania remains to be seen, but they have deep concerns about the long-term impact this pause will have on the thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania's natural gas industry.
Also on Friday, a Republican congressional candidate from Pennsylvania lost a case on appeal that he had brought just before Election Day over ballots in Pennsylvania that arrived late.
Phrases with pennsylvania
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with pennsylvania
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of pennsylvania 62×
- in pennsylvania 45×
- the pennsylvania 33×
- pennsylvania public 31×
- pennsylvania and 18×
- pennsylvania state 8×
- western pennsylvania 6×
- pennsylvania on 6×
- from pennsylvania 5×
- and pennsylvania 5×