West Virginian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Take the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which energy giants Dominion and Duke proposed in 2014 to transport West Virginian shale gas to the Southeast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
The former coach, a native West Virginian, is a longtime friend of retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and endorsed him in his 2018 reelection.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2024
He received a Distinguished West Virginian award by the governor in 2005 and was inducted two years later into West Virginia University’s Order of Vandalia for service to the state.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
Talks resumed this spring between the moderate West Virginian and Schumer, a set of intensely private discussions that often seemed on the verge of another disappointment.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022
Was I finally a good West Virginian, all stoic and stolid, filled everlastingly to my chin with guilt but not capable of showing it?
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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