Example Sentences

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“Come see the South Bronx and come see things that are genuine,” said Giuseppe González, 40, a former Bronxite and the owner of Suffolk Arms, a bar in Manhattan.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2017

The celebration was largely conceived by Brian G. Andersson, a Bronxite of Swedish ancestry.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2014

Caught up in the beat of his time is Jonas Gould, an athletic and good-looking young Bronxite, working as a printer's apprentice.

From Time Magazine Archive

An onlooker, Captain Bill Tourney, a 31-year-old Bronxite, spoke up: "It is named for a German or Dutch farmer . . . who settled there."

From Time Magazine Archive