Green Bay

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noun

an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 miles (195 km) long.

a port in E Wisconsin at the S end of this bay.

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Origin of Green Bay

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Words nearby Green Bay

green-backed heron, Greenback party, green bag, green ban, green bass, Green Bay, green bean, greenbelt, Green Beret, Greenberg, greenboard

How to use Green Bay in a sentence

Lasry is the second Wisconsin Democrat to challenge Johnson, joining Tom Nelson, the county executive of Outagamie County just outside of Green Bay.
Milwaukee Bucks executive announces run for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin|Matt Bonesteel|February 17, 2021|Washington Post
To do that, the Packers would probably have to trade Love and ease Rodgers’s worries that his remaining time in Green Bay could be short.
The 10 biggest roster questions in the NFL as the offseason begins|John Clayton|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
In his third year as the starter in Green Bay, Rodgers threw for 3,922 yards and 28 touchdowns against only 11 interceptions.
Brady vs. Mahomes is one of the greatest Super Bowl QB matchups ever. We ranked all 55.|Scott Allen, Neil Greenberg|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Green Bay had beaten us earlier in the year, and the Patriots had beaten us in the last game of the season.
Steve Spagnuolo’s defense frustrated Tom Brady in a Super Bowl. They’ll meet up again Sunday.|Cindy Boren|February 2, 2021|Washington Post

How the game ended probably won’t push Rodgers into retirement, but it does nothing to lessen his discontent with Green Bay.
Wait, Was The Green Bay Field Goal The Right Call?|Sarah Shachat|January 26, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin