St. Augustine

American  

[aw-guh-steen] / ˈɔ gəˌstin /

noun

1. a seacoast city in NE Florida: founded by the Spanish 1565; oldest city in the U.S.; resort.

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Example Sentences

Arendt had written her dissertation on St. Augustine, who held curiosity to be dangerous, often tempting one to sin because of an insatiable hunger for one sight after another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The five-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner, 77, listed his St. Augustine dwelling Feb. 1, having purchased the picturesque home for $725,000 in 2012 and completely custom built it, Realtor.com can exclusively reveal.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Xi Jinping, presiding over the world’s second-largest economy, has shown the opposite: that prosperity alone cannot satisfy what St. Augustine called humanity’s “restless heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

They had to limit his reps during the week so St. Augustine could practice its offense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Another argument was put forward by St. Augustine in his book The City of God.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking