Examples of Chinatown in a Sentence
We had dinner in Chinatown.
Recent Examples on the Web
Recently that included Chinese broccoli, which was great quality and on sale at a price that rivaled Chinatown.
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Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
But growing up in New York City, Wong watched one parent peddle medicinal herbs all day long while the other toiled away in a Chinatown sweatshop.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 7 May 2024
And in February, a crowd in Chinatown set a Waymo car on fire.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
The moratorium sought by Hernandez would only apply to 100% affordable housing projects — the kind being fast-tracked under ED1 — in portions of Chinatown and Eagle Rock.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
In the visual, the rapper-actor goes in with La Maquina for nearly five minutes on Mott St. in New York’s Chinatown.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
June 8’s concert, held in in Chinatown’s L.A. State Historic Park, will be the first Pride festival performance from the Latin pop superstar, who will also be the first out gay Latino to headline the event.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Although Manhattan’s Chinatown is the O.G., Flushing is now home to more than twice the number of immigrants from China.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The first feature-length documentary about Faye Dunaway who speaks about her career, with landmark roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown and Network.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
But growing up in New York City, Wong watched one parent peddle medicinal herbs all day long while the other toiled away in a Chinatown sweatshop.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 7 May 2024
And in February, a crowd in Chinatown set a Waymo car on fire.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
The moratorium sought by Hernandez would only apply to 100% affordable housing projects — the kind being fast-tracked under ED1 — in portions of Chinatown and Eagle Rock.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
In the visual, the rapper-actor goes in with La Maquina for nearly five minutes on Mott St. in New York’s Chinatown.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
June 8’s concert, held in in Chinatown’s L.A. State Historic Park, will be the first Pride festival performance from the Latin pop superstar, who will also be the first out gay Latino to headline the event.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Although Manhattan’s Chinatown is the O.G., Flushing is now home to more than twice the number of immigrants from China.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The first feature-length documentary about Faye Dunaway who speaks about her career, with landmark roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown and Network.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Chinatown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinatown. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
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Chinatown
noun
Chi·na·town
ˈchī-nə-ˌtau̇n 
: an area of a city where many people of Chinese ancestry live
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