Holbrook

[ hohl-broo k ]

/ ˈhoʊl brʊk /

noun

Stewart H(all),1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.

a city on central Long Island, in SE New York.

a city in E Massachusetts.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

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Example sentences from the Web for holbrook

Trawick grew up in Holbrook, N.Y. His dad was an executive at PC Richards.
Britney Spears and Jason Trawick: He’s Her Fiancé, Manager, and Conservator|Ramin Setoodeh|September 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The steward told him in the evening that Mrs. Holbrook had not dined in the saloon that day, as usual.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
It seemed unnatural to him now to speak of her as Mrs. Holbrook.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
First and foremost, I want you to tell me where Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook are now living.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon

The desperado was all too well known in Holbrook, and scarcely a man in all the place cared to face him.
Frank Merriwell's Backers|Burt L. Standish
It is not to be supposed that Mr. Holbrook intended to keep his wife shut away from the world in a lonely farm-house all her life.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon