Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Fort Madison

American  

noun

  1. a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.


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.

The 52 inmates who each sought a $1 million payment were among 77 prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison who had been given overdoses of the Pfizer vaccine by prison nursing staff.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022

Hoenig was a plumber’s son from Fort Madison, Iowa, who attended Catholic schools; enlisted in the Army, serving as an artilleryman in Vietnam; and got his Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022

“Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Advice?” he asked high school students in Fort Madison.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2019

Beto O’Rourke has just started his second event of his nascent campaign at sub shop in Fort Madison, Iowa.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2019

Another village has been commenced by the whites on the Mississippi river, at Fort Madison, which is being built up very rapidly.

From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Fort Madison" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com