Dayton

[ deyt-n ]

noun

1. Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
2. a city in SW Ohio.

Dayton

/ ˈdeɪtən /

noun

1. an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Belmont was sent to Dayton for the First Four, where it beat Temple, before it lost to Maryland, 79-77, less than 40 hours later.

From Washington Post

In 1965, with $1,800 of his savings, he bought his mother’s bar, the Keewee, in Dayton, Ohio.

From Washington Post

McKillop points out that Lee was also ill, and Dayton’s devotion to stopping Lee’s shot opened up driving lanes for the other Wildcats.

From Ozy

Her mother, whom she lives with in Dayton, Ohio, had recently started showing symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and McElroy, 20, figured that she had also been infected.

From Washington Post

Yes, Obi Toppin is gone, and Dayton probably isn’t going to enjoy quite the same sort of magic.

From Washington Post

Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.

From The Daily Beast

And, since the 1980s, Dayton has held dramatic reenactments of the trial.

From The Daily Beast

The weird thing, really, is that Dayton began to grow into the role which history had assigned it.

From The Daily Beast

Also Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris, great commercial music video directors who did Little Miss Sunshine.

From The Daily Beast

On May 13, 7,000 Minnesotans came to watch Gov. Dayton sign the legislation into law on the Capitol steps.

From The Daily Beast

Just to exasperate Dayton further I put in a plea for gifts as against character in educational, artistic, and legislative work.

From Project Gutenberg

In an encounter near Dayton the boy was forced for the first time to face a cavalry charge.

From Project Gutenberg

He stands for whatever he believes to be best for the community and Dayton has benefited by his administration of her affairs.

From Project Gutenberg

The family occupies an attractive home in Dayton, where Mr. Barr owns two residences.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1893 he was elected mayor of Dayton and he served at different periods as city attorney and clerk of the city of Dayton.

From Project Gutenberg