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.

The Penobscots, whose reservation is on an island in the river, sued in 2012 after then-Attorney General William Schneider issued an opinion that the tribe’s territory was limited to islands.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

The declaration is familiar to many Penobscots because a copy of the document was displayed at the tribal offices at Indian Island, Maine.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

The land transferred from Elliotsville Foundation is located to the west of the town of Brownsville in Piscataquis County, in between two parcels of land already owned by Penobscots.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2020

Among the first Indian entrepreneurs to tap the lode were Maine's Penobscots, in 1976.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found among them many of the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies under Nicholas Hawawes, a noted chief.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)