Jonesboro

[ johnz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh ]

noun

1. a city in NE Arkansas.
2. a town in NE Tennessee: oldest town in Tennessee.

Example Sentences

Dr. Rajendram Rajnarayanan of the New York Institute of Technology campus in Jonesboro, Ark., told Salon last month that testing is still mostly voluntary.

From Salon

More than a decade ago, two men and a woman were lured to a home in Jonesboro, Ga., outside Atlanta, where they forced inside at gunpoint, tortured and killed, the authorities said.

From New York Times

Dr. Rajendram Rajnarayanan of the New York Institute of Technology campus in Jonesboro, Ark., told Salon this preliminary report “changes things a lot.”

From Salon

Jonesboro Police spokesperson Sally Smith said there were initial reports that 80 to 100 people were attending the private party.

From Seattle Times

Officers found multiple gunshot victims when they arrived at the scene near Jonesboro’s downtown area around 5 a.m.

From Seattle Times