Asbury

American  

[az-buh-ree] / ˈæz bə ri /

noun

1. Francis, 1745–1816, English missionary: first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.

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Example Sentences

IID General Manager Jamie Asbury said not considering the effects on the Salton Sea is a “fundamental flaw.”

From Los Angeles Times

His previous two albums, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” and “The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle,” were not making the desired impact, meaning the pressure was on for this next album to be the one, or else he risked being dropped from the label entirely in accordance with his three-record deal with Columbia.

From Salon

Early in her career, Harriet worked at the Asbury Park Press and Court TV.

From The Wall Street Journal

The closing song from 2002’s “The Rising,” the album Springsteen wrote in response to 9/11, “My City of Ruins” was actually written a couple of years earlier, inspired by the then-decades-long economic downslide of Asbury Park, NJ, Springsteen’s adopted hometown.

From Salon

Three Mile Island was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, just a few hours’ drive from Asbury Park, making it also just a few hours’ drive from multiple major population centers.

From Salon