Owensboro

[ oh-uhnz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh ]

noun

1. a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River.

Example Sentences

Both the graduation success and uptick in enrollment are rooted in the partnership the community college has with the local high school system, said Trey Pippin, college and career readiness coach at Daviess County High School in Owensboro.

From Washington Post

While the state covers two college courses for high-schoolers and discounts tuition, the cost of the remaining classes proved prohibitive for some, said Stacy Edds-Ellis, dean of academic affairs at Owensboro.

From Washington Post

By comparison, roughly 41 percent of Owensboro’s full-time college students with Pell grants graduate within three years, Edds-Ellis said.

From Washington Post

We held a meeting at Owensboro, and one at a new church some eight miles in the country.

From Project Gutenberg

He told me hisse'f he had two thousand dollers in the Owensboro bank.

From Project Gutenberg

We're a talkin' of goin' to visit Mr. Lindsay's nephew: hit's in Owensboro, ain't hit, where he lives?

From Project Gutenberg

Danville was selected as the place for the kindling of the next council fire, Maysville and Owensboro being also in nomination.

From Project Gutenberg

Owensboro, Henderson and Wickliffe were centers of refuge for inhabitants of the lowlands, who fled before the flood.

From Project Gutenberg