Columbia River
CulturalDiscover More
Known for its great salmon runs in spring.
The site of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I screened it at Columbia River and twice at Oregon State Penitentiary—once for the lifers group, once for the Asian Pacific Family Club.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
I already had a relationship with Columbia River as a yoga teacher, so I felt comfortable reaching out to the superintendent to propose it.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The 35-year-old aims to raise her kids in a soon-to-be-built house overlooking the Columbia River and has her eye on Airbnb investments to cash in on the region’s growth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Washington’s 3rd Congressional District runs north from the Columbia River, which forms the border with Oregon.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
According to Fenn, “the great preponderance of the evidence” indicates that the Shoshone also transmitted smallpox down the Columbia River into the Pacific Northwest.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
