How do you use Roanoke 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.
Roanoke in a sentence
Roanoke meaning
White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
Synonyms of Roanoke
Using Roanoke
- The main meaning on this page is: White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, roanoke often appears in combinations such as: the roanoke, of roanoke, roanoke county.
Context around Roanoke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roanoke
- In this selection, "roanoke" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, downtown, commission, 2019, city, county and valley stand out and add context to how "roanoke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 2019 roanoke county fire and 23 of roanoke was transported. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roanoke" sits close to words such as amicable, amiga and ankles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roanoke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Machining skills are always in high demand in the Roanoke Valley. (11 words)
A Russian T-90 tank was left in Roanoke, Louisiana this week. (12 words)
A conversation with Megan Baker, the Director of Economic Development for Roanoke County. (13 words)
Statement From Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools Verletta White: The Roanoke Police Department investigated a credible threat, and we have been notified that they have arrested and charged an adult in connection with making the threats. (37 words)
Peters is also active in the community representing the Town of Vinton on numerous regional boards including the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Commission, Roanoke Regional Partnership and the Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce, to name a few. (37 words)
The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce will recognize dozens of local companies – and winners in 17 categories – during its 32nd annual Small Business Awards event tonight at Hotel Roanoke. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Across the Roanoke River in Roanoke Rapids the sidewalks, parking lots as well as service stations were lined with the greenery of collards.
ROANOKE, Va. (March 13, 2023) — The Budweiser Summer Series returns to Downtown Roanoke’s Elmwood Park with our first announcement of the season.
Brock’s latest endeavor is A Thread Through Roanoke: Celebrating Contemporary Traditional Portraits of the People that Make Roanoke Matter.
Statement From Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools Verletta White: The Roanoke Police Department investigated a credible threat, and we have been notified that they have arrested and charged an adult in connection with making the threats.
Peters is also active in the community representing the Town of Vinton on numerous regional boards including the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Commission, Roanoke Regional Partnership and the Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce, to name a few.
From Roanoke County Police Facebook: Citizens of Roanoke County, specifically the North Lakes Community.
On Saturday Night, October 12, 2019 Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Medic 7 (Clearbrook) was dispatched to assist the City of Roanoke with an unresponsive patient.
There are plenty of adventure options within the confines of Roanoke County, Salem City and Roanoke City.
Timothy Lee Atkins, 60, of Pembroke, departed this life Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA.
Gray, age 23 of Roanoke, was transported to the Roanoke City Jail where he was charged with Malicious Wounding and held without bond.
The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce will recognize dozens of local companies – and winners in 17 categories – during its 32nd annual Small Business Awards event tonight at Hotel Roanoke.
A conversation with Megan Baker, the Director of Economic Development for Roanoke County.
A Russian T-90 tank was left in Roanoke, Louisiana this week.
Chock full of local breweries, downtown Roanoke is the Old Port with a drawl.
Evergreen Burial Park is located between the Wasena and Raleigh Court neighborhoods in southwest Roanoke City.
Its future will also remain intricately intertwined with the Roanoke community it serves.
Kim Schwartz, CEO of Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, shows her mother’s gold wristwatch.
Last summer Roanoke City Public Schools approved more than two dozen updated and new safety measures designed to keep students, teachers and staff out of harm’s way.
Machining skills are always in high demand in the Roanoke Valley.
Officers were later notified by E-911 of a person with gunshots wounds at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Common combinations with roanoke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the roanoke 32×
- of roanoke 20×
- roanoke county 19×
- in roanoke 14×
- roanoke valley 12×
- roanoke memorial 11×
- to roanoke 11×
- roanoke city 9×
- from roanoke 8×
- roanoke va 5×