Brockton

American  

[brok-tuhn] / ˈbrɒk tən /

noun

1. a city in E Massachusetts.

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Example Sentences

April 29-30 The Riverside Community Flower Show & Garden Tours’ Diamond Jubilee Festival of Flowers celebrates its 75th year with self-guided tours in nine Riverside-area gardens between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days, along with a free flower show at the Elks Lodge, 6166 Brockton Ave., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with floral displays, crafts and garden art for sale.

From Los Angeles Times

Informed by my Chicago experience and research I’ve done in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood, I propose — along with Patricia Jackson, executive director of Brockton Redevelopment Authority in Massachusetts — several strategies to scale up the greenlining movement.

From Washington Post

He successfully pushed for two consecutive life sentences for Latarsha Sanders, who fatally stabbed her two sons in Brockton, Mass., despite her family’s insistence that she was psychotic and delusional.

From New York Times

“We are removing some critically ill and injured patients” out of Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital to other facilities, Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli said at a morning news conference.

From Seattle Times

Yunits, a student at South Junior High School in Brockton, Massachusetts, had been diagnosed with a gender identity disorder — as the court put it, "which means that, although she was born biologically male, she has a female gender identity."

From Salon