How do you use Peoria in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like city or metropolis, plus the exact meaning.
Peoria meaning
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
Synonyms of Peoria
Using Peoria
- The main meaning on this page is: A number of places in the United States: | A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois. | A number of places in the United States:
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, peoria often appears in combinations such as: in peoria, the peoria, of peoria.
Context around Peoria
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peoria
- In this selection, "peoria" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, downtown, east, officially, county, heights and home stand out and add context to how "peoria" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2019 when peoria home founder and 24 of peoria was shot. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peoria" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bauchi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peoria
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PEORIA — It soon may cost more to get married in Peoria County. (12 words)
Officially, Peoria had 1.8 inches of snow at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. (16 words)
Beyond 22 feet “is when low areas in Peoria and Peoria Heights start seeing flooding,” he said. (17 words)
Everett, Wash – Sept 20, 2019 – When Peoria Home founder, Paula Newman-Skomski was asked to share the Peoria Home story with the Rotary Club of Mill Creek, she had no idea the impact it would have on this group of approximately 50 professionals. (43 words)
PEORIA — Boxes and bags in hand, about 85 Peorians came out Monday morning to collect food from The Peoria Area Food Bank's mobile food pantry at the East Bluff Community Center, 512 E. Kansas Street, in Peoria. (38 words)
A hearing on the complaint will be held before the Municipal Officers Electoral Board on Thursday at 3 p.m. on the first floor of the Peoria Heights Village Hall, 4901 N. Prospect Street, Peoria Heights. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
PEORIA — Boxes and bags in hand, about 85 Peorians came out Monday morning to collect food from The Peoria Area Food Bank's mobile food pantry at the East Bluff Community Center, 512 E. Kansas Street, in Peoria.
Livingston added that the apartment complex will not only provide easy access to East Peoria’s attractions, but will also significantly reduce commute times for residents who work at Peoria businesses.
Everett, Wash – Sept 20, 2019 – When Peoria Home founder, Paula Newman-Skomski was asked to share the Peoria Home story with the Rotary Club of Mill Creek, she had no idea the impact it would have on this group of approximately 50 professionals.
Officially, Peoria had 1.8 inches of snow at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 39-year-old Nathaniel D. Peck was pronounced dead Sunday at a Peoria hospital.
PEORIA — It soon may cost more to get married in Peoria County.
PEORIA — It was a sunny day as Eddie Schierer counted money at the Tazewell County Resource Center food cart as Downtown Peoria workers walked by, talking and enjoying street food.
A day early, John W. Bell III, 24, of Peoria was shot to death near the intersection of Oregon and Wyoming streets in South Peoria.
A hearing on the complaint will be held before the Municipal Officers Electoral Board on Thursday at 3 p.m. on the first floor of the Peoria Heights Village Hall, 4901 N. Prospect Street, Peoria Heights.
Beyond 22 feet “is when low areas in Peoria and Peoria Heights start seeing flooding,” he said.
Michael D. Dawson, 44, of Peoria pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to financial institution robbery as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that saw another charge of aggravated robbery dropped.
PEORIA – A 54-year-old was beaten up and robbed in the parking lot of a Central Peoria apartment complex, a police report stated.
PEORIA — A Peoria woman called police after a house guest allegedly stole 25 VHS tapes to sell for drug money.
Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich referred to Bergner’s and Toys “R” Us closings as some of the “transformative events” creating a $6 million hole in Peoria’s 2019 budget.
PEORIA — Steve Martin and Martin Short will bring their “Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t” comedy tour to Peoria in 2019.
PEORIA — Students attending middle or high school at Peoria Public Schools could start school 30 minutes later or even end school earlier.
PEORIA - The Peoria Art Guild's annual fine art fair was rated No. 2 in the Top 5 Best Midwestern Fine Art Fairs in America.
PEORIA — Two attorneys with the Peoria County Public Defender’s Office want a judge to throw out several weapons charges against their clients, saying they, too, have the right to defend themselves.
PEORIA — Two people remained in stable condition Tuesday night after they were shot early Christmas morning in Downtown Peoria.
Bradish, a Peoria, Arizona, native, pitched in his home state for the first time as a big leaguer Saturday.
Common combinations with peoria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in peoria 49×
- the peoria 23×
- of peoria 20×
- east peoria 14×
- peoria county 14×
- peoria and 12×
- peoria police 11×
- to peoria 10×
- at peoria 9×
- peoria notre 8×