Opelousas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Funeral services will be held on May 21 at Sibille Funeral Home in Opelousas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
Steely gray skies were barely visible through the stretch of oak trees lining Opelousas Avenue.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2021
The 18-year-old Opelousas native and education major was last seen on April 6.
From Fox News ● Apr. 13, 2021
Raised on a farm in the small town of Opelousas in south-central Louisiana, Prudhomme took over the kitchen at the haute-Creole Commander’s Palace in New Orleans in 1975 and quickly reinvented the gumbo there.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2019
Opelousas and them place was free long time 'fore de udders.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
