Johnstown

[ jonz-toun ]

noun

1. a city in SW Pennsylvania: disastrous flood 1889.

Example Sentences

Like thousands of others in her situation, my great-grandmother operated a still in her living room in my hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, under the direction of a neighborhood boss.

From Time

In Johnstown, Pa., Jason Deaver and his fiancée arrived at their polling station wearing Veterans for Obama T-shirts.

From The Daily Beast

His other acclaimed books are 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood.

From The Daily Beast

In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Democrats beat Republicans by double digits in the only special election held last night.

From The Daily Beast

They were headed for Johnstown, where the vultures were already gathering.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, if I might only have brought him off; if I might only have carried this guilty man to Johnstown!

From Project Gutenberg

The Johnstown flood followed a long rain storm in the Alleghanies—a storm of several days' duration.

From Project Gutenberg

I ran out among the great trees and started on toward Johnstown, keeping Godfrey in view on my left hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Against the evening sky I saw the spires of Johnstown, stained crimson in the westering sun which was going down red as a cherry.

From Project Gutenberg