Wheaton

[ hweet-n, weet-n ]

noun

1. a town in central Maryland.
2. a city in NE Illinois, W of Chicago.

Example Sentences

One intense storm tracked from west of Great Falls through Potomac is now near Wheaton and will affect the zone from Silver Spring through Greenbelt to Odenton and Bowie over the next 40 minutes.

From Washington Post

Brooks, 44, works as a consultant on equity issues and lives in a rented apartment in Wheaton.

From Washington Post

For smaller streams, hand-built restoration solutions work well, often at one-tenth the cost, Wheaton says, and can be self-sustaining once nature takes over.

From Science News

His 2014 book Let the Water Do the Work has inspired people across the West — including Maestas and Wheaton — to turn to simple, nature-based stream restoration solutions.

From Science News

Available in Maryland at Eddie’s Liquors in Baltimore, Rodman’s in Wheaton.

From Washington Post

Several skirmishes took place on the way and General Wheaton brought his reserves forward into the general advance.

From Project Gutenberg

Simultaneously, Generals Hale and Wheaton were coming forward with their columns, each having had some hard fighting on the way.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Wheaton turned upon her with the gleam of the bird of prey in her little gray cold eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Wheaton employed it seldom, but when she did her friends understood that she was not far from the war-path.

From Project Gutenberg

"It certainly looks very bad, very bad," muttered Mrs. Wheaton, whose own light eyes were glowing.

From Project Gutenberg