Jonesboro

[ johnz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh ]

noun

1. a city in NE Arkansas.
2. a town in NE Tennessee: oldest town in Tennessee.

Example Sentences

In Atlanta, average rents have climbed 65% since 2010, while in Jonesboro, the suburb where the Jacksons live, rents shot up more than 25% in just the past three years.

From Time

She and her husband Shan fell more than $5,000 behind on rent for their one-story Jonesboro, Georgia ranch house after Shan lost his trucking job in March.

From Time

Both were educated in Jonesboro and they had a family of ten children, of whom Thomas was the youngest.

From Project Gutenberg

In the course of the next joint debate at Jonesboro', Mr. Lincoln easily disposed of this sophism by showing: 1.

From Project Gutenberg

The day was pleasant but the audience was the smallest of the series, except the one at Jonesboro.

From Project Gutenberg

Howard found an intrenched foe (Hardee's corps) covering Jonesboro, and his men began at once to dig their accustomed rifle-pits.

From Project Gutenberg

There were still about two thousand, mostly captured at Jonesboro, who had been sent back by cars, but had not passed Chattanooga.

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