Killeen
[ki-leen]
- a city in central Texas.
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Examples from the Web for killeen
Contemporary Examples
A month ago, on March 7, Munley phoned Whiskey Creek, the biggest country-western bar in Killeen, the town adjoining to Fort Hood.
He bought the weapon at Guns Galore, a local Killeen gun shop where Hasan purchased one of the guns used in his 2009 attack.
In 2009, at Fort Hood, in Killeen, Texas, an Army psychiatrist opened fire on the post, killing 12 and wounding 31.
Some reports recall the 1991 mass shooting in Killeen, Texas—right outside Fort Hood—in which 24 people were killed.
Historical Examples
Killeen; a quantity:—'That girl has a good killeen of money.
English As We Speak It in IrelandP. W. Joyce
That, a softer glow, came from the forge of Killeen, the smith.
HyacinthGeorge A. Birmingham
Two hours before daybreak they crossed the Killeen road and came to a wide brook.
Lives of the Fur FolkM. D. Haviland
I never saw anything myself, but one day I was going over the fields near Killeen, and it the quietest day of summer you ever saw.
Killeen; an old churchyard disused except for the occasional burial of unbaptised infants.
English As We Speak It in IrelandP. W. Joyce