Foggy Bottom

noun

1. a low-lying area bordering the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
2. Informal. the U.S. Department of State, whose office building is located in this area.

Foggy Bottom

1. A nickname for the United States Department of State , whose offices were built in a formerly swampy area of Washington, D.C. , known as Foggy Bottom because of vapors rising from the swamp.

Example Sentences

In Foggy Bottom, a huge new marketplace called Western Market will open later in the fall.

From Washington Blade

Weeks before then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of committing genocide against Uyghur Muslims, Kalbinur Gheni met him in his office in Foggy Bottom.

From Washington Post

Amid the misty hours, witnesses in the aptly named Foggy Bottom area of the District lost sight of the towers of Rosslyn, across the Potomac River in Virginia.

From Washington Post

Clinton has much to be proud of from her Foggy Bottom tenure, reset included.

From The Daily Beast

Back at Foggy Bottom… More than three years after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, nation-building proceeds apace.

From The Daily Beast

Even Dwight D. Eisenhower had to battle for the Republican nod in 1952—and he had conquered Normandy, not just Foggy Bottom.

From The Daily Beast

In her largely risk-free, uncontroversial tenure at Foggy Bottom, Benghazi stands out as flashpoint.

From The Daily Beast

At Foggy Bottom—admittedly a much smaller agency than Defense—only 340 employees have been sent home.

From The Daily Beast