Virginia

//vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə//

"Virginia" in a Sentence (18 examples)

They decided to settle down in Virginia that year.

The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.

They seized him and took him to Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Tyler was born and grew up in the same part of Virginia as William Henry Harrison.

Federalists in Virginia were proud.

To deny sustenance to the Army of Northern Virginia, Sheridan determined to take the entire harvest of the Shenandoah Valley.

I went hiking in West Virginia five years ago.

A case in West Virginia established that acquittal discharges a person from guilt, a pardon only from punishment.

In West Virginia, over 90% of the electricity is generated from coal. But in California, only 1% of electricity is generated from this fossil fuel.

Miss Virginia E. Otis was a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn.

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We, whose names are underwritten, the loyall Subjects of our dread Soveraigne Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the glorie of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia; doe by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body politike, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid:[...]

And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.

Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.

1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Tale "Daughter," quoth he, "Virginia by thy name, / There be two wayes, either death or shame, / That thou must suffer, - alas that I was bore!

Here, in due time, she was brought to bed of a daughter, whom she christened by the name of Virginia; not so much out of respect to her last mistress, who bore that name, as because she considered it peculiarly ladylike and genteel.

O sweet Virginia Dare! / Thou art the lily of our love, / The forest's sylph-like queen, / The first-born bud from Saxon stem / That this New World hath seen!

She said her name was Virginia Severson. It suited her. She looked very virginal, and clean, calm, cool in a Scandinavian sort of way.

The city of Waukesha confirmed the names of five victims as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leanna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.

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