Spokane

[ spoh-kan ]

noun

1. a city in E Washington.

Spokane

/ spəʊˈkæn /

noun

1. a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 196 624 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

The heat has become so fierce in Spokane, on the state’s eastern border, that the power company Avista Utilities had to impose rolling blackouts in an effort to limit outages to one hour for each customer.

From Washington Post

The Weather Service in Spokane wrote that this will “likely be one of the most extreme and prolonged heat waves in the recorded history” of the region.

From Washington Post

Now, Seattle is predicted to endure its hottest weather on record by early next week, in addition to Portland and Spokane.

From Washington Post

Spokane is predicted to see temperatures top 100 from Saturday through at least Thursday.

From Washington Post

The rate of new cases in and around Spokane, near the Idaho border, is far higher than in Seattle and western Washington, which experienced one of the earliest outbreaks in the country in February.

From ProPublica

In 1933, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that “Housewives Find That Rabbit Meat on Menu Makes Big Hit With Men at Dinner.”

From The Daily Beast

According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the speech was a big success, as a crowd of 700 assembled to watch Palin speak.

From The Daily Beast

The Spokane, Wash., store specializes in handguns, shotguns, and defensive rifles.

From The Daily Beast

On Election Night, I was in Spokane, Washington, with 6,000 other people at our headquarters.

From The Daily Beast

I was sitting in front of a television camera in Spokane and I fell asleep.

From The Daily Beast

He died in December, 1915, and is survived by his widow, who resides on a ranch near Spokane.

From Project Gutenberg

He has been thus engaged continuously to the present, with the exception of the year 1891, when he was in Spokane.

From Project Gutenberg

His widow survives and is now living with a daughter in Spokane, Washington.

From Project Gutenberg

Thomas Maxwell and his brother Joseph were the first photographers in Spokane, opening a permanent studio there in 1884.

From Project Gutenberg

In that year he removed to Spokane, where he continued in special work—eye and ear—for twenty-five years.

From Project Gutenberg