Grand Rapids

noun

1. a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to mass-produced furniture of generally low quality.

Grand Rapids

noun

1. functioning as singular a city in SW Michigan: electronics, car parts. Pop: 195 601 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Even in his prime, the native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was cagey about who he fought and when.

From The Daily Beast

The autonomous shuttle company has a fleet of autonomous low-speed shuttles spread out between Detroit, Grand Rapids and Providence.

From TechCrunch

Even in Wayne County, considered a model of reform, those probation violations landed Cartez in detention and then in a residential facility near Grand Rapids, where he ended up staying for a year.

From ProPublica

Take Ottawa County, Michigan, which sits along the coast of Lake Michigan as part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.

From FiveThirtyEight

The Southwest Michigan area is easily accessible by car from many cities and flying into Grand Rapids is another option.

From Washington Blade

Both are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but they are not formally affiliated.

From The Daily Beast

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988.

From The Daily Beast

Dianne Grand Rapids, Michigan My first baby, a boy, was stillborn at 28 weeks 28 years ago.

From The Daily Beast

You know, at the Grand Rapids these flatboats ought to be unloaded.

From Project Gutenberg

It was after midnight when she left the car at Grand Rapids, and went into the depot to await the coming of day.

From Project Gutenberg

The rate from Grand Rapids to Chicago on an ordinary dining room set of furniture, being $1.60, a ten per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

When we came to Grand Rapids we had to go on shore and tow our boat carefully along over the many rocks to prevent accident.

From Project Gutenberg

There are about 15,000 more of his native countrymen living in the neighborhood of new Holland and at Grand Rapids.

From Project Gutenberg