Marietta

[ mair-ee-et-uh ]

noun

1. a city in NW Georgia.
2. a city in SE Ohio, on the Ohio River.
3. a female given name, form of Mary.

Example Sentences

“I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined,” he bragged to the Marietta Daily Journal.

From The Daily Beast

She hails from Marietta, Georgia—a manicured, upper-middle-class city north of Atlanta that also happens to be my hometown.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, back in Marietta, the excitement has only been building.

From The Daily Beast

Oudin from Marietta, Georgia, had to play a series of qualifying rounds to get into the Open tournament.

From The Daily Beast

New York has fallen in love with a 5-foot-6 all-American teenager from Marietta, Georgia.

From The Daily Beast

But some serious obstacles had been revealed on our ride from Chattanooga to Marietta the previous evening.

From Project Gutenberg

Suddenly a robin on the fence burst into adjurations of a robust sort, and Marietta, without meaning to, spoke.

From Project Gutenberg

"It's spring, Marietta," he said, with a simplicity he had never thought it desirable to put into his verse.

From Project Gutenberg

"I guess there ain't a spot round here that means more to folks in our neighborhood than this," said Marietta.

From Project Gutenberg

Marietta put the lamp on the high mantel, and moved his chair slightly nearer the hearth.

From Project Gutenberg