Empire State of the South
Americannoun
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.
In the State election of December, 1877, the new constitution was overwhelmingly adopted, and will remain for generations the organic law of the Empire State of the South.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
An exclusive lease of liberty for ten years would unquestionably make us the Empire State of the South.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan
The Atlanta spirit, which has accomplished so much in the upbuilding of the city itself, is happily contagious, and has much to do with making Georgia the Empire State of the South.
From Atlanta A Twentieth-Century City by Commerce, Atlanta Chamber of
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
