Kensington

[ ken-zing-tuhn ]

noun

1. a former borough of Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea.

Example Sentences

Kensington resident Margaret McCann in January 2020 sued the city to stop the undergrounding.

From Voice of San Diego

It was early in 2000 and she and Domonic were living in the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington, which had long suffered some of the highest crime rates in the city.

From ProPublica

In an episode centered on a proposed safe injection site in the opioid-devastated neighborhood of Kensington, he shrugs off residents’ concern that this harm-reduction strategy might bring even more crime to their blocks.

From Time

“My Mom told us years later that she just didn’t know how to say no to that,” wrote Margaret, of Kensington, Md.

From Washington Post

Congratulations to Jim Boyce of Kensington, Connecticut, winner of last week’s Riddler Classic.

From FiveThirtyEight

They show the little Prince sitting on the steps of Kensington Palace.

From The Daily Beast

In a bizarre twist to proceedings, Miss Manners sought to have her £30 cab fare from her Kensington flat to court refunded.

From The Daily Beast

I think people like Kensington because you watch something for 20 minutes and then you share with each other.

From The Daily Beast

Sign up to join the Kensington Presents mailing list for an invite to the next event.

From The Daily Beast

These days, pop-up concerts at unusual venues like Kensington are in good company.

From The Daily Beast

The oval tube in the Kensington model of 1798 continued in use in Cornwall for many years.

From Project Gutenberg

The Czar returned the visit with the same precautions, and was admitted into Kensington House by a back door.

From Project Gutenberg

All this time, both at Kensington and Newmarket, the Spanish question was the subject of constant and earnest discussion.

From Project Gutenberg

During some time projects and counterprojects continued to pass and repass between Kensington and Versailles.

From Project Gutenberg

The two Houses went up together to Kensington with the address.

From Project Gutenberg