Billings

[ bil-ingz ]

noun

1. Josh, pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw.
2. William, 1746–1800, U.S. composer noted for his hymns.
3. a city in S Montana.

Example Sentences

Closed in winter, the Northeast Entrance is a good choice if you’re coming from the northeast side of Montana, like Billings or Red Lodge.

From Outside Online

People are discovering Billings and seeing its advantages, which are more middle-of-the-road, politically and culturally.

From Time

The average single-family home in Billings, whose metropolitan area has a population of 184,000, was $376,248 in June, up 32% from a year earlier, according to the Wall Street Journal.

From Time

Many of the beneficiaries of such moves are sunny, warm-weather cities in Florida and Texas, but Billings has benefited from people leaving pricey housing markets in California and the Seattle area.

From Time

Though Billings was discreet about his sexual orientation, it was well known throughout Washington.

From The Daily Beast

Now, the state has just two clinics providing surgical abortions, in Billings and Missoula.

From The Daily Beast

He soon recovered from his wound and continued selling meth as part of the ring operating from Billings to Bakken.

From The Daily Beast

Billings had feared for her sister and also her niece, who was in one of the destroyed elementary schools.

From The Daily Beast

Its eastern half, centered in Billings, is part of the deep red Great Plains.

From The Daily Beast

Week in, week out, Jim Billings led that hard life, and he grew up brawny and sound in spite of all his troubles.

From Project Gutenberg

I am grieved to say that Mr. Billings remarked, "Let's go aboard the blank, and capsize the whole blank trunk."

From Project Gutenberg

When the toil was over Jim Billings went below with his mates, and their dripping clothes soon covered the cabin floor with slush.

From Project Gutenberg

I know that Jim Billings was a dangerous untamed animal; he is now a jolly, but quiet fellow.

From Project Gutenberg

Susie Billings, minus her khaki and cartridges, looked the picture of demureness in white muslin and baby-blue ribbons.

From Project Gutenberg