Examples of Chinatown in a Sentence
We had dinner in Chinatown.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the visual, the rapper-actor goes in with La Maquina for nearly five minutes on Mott St. in New York’s Chinatown.
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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
Yew himself was then arrested and beaten by cops at Manhattan Chinatown’s Fifth Precinct.
—Viviane Eng, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Located on the Strip's northern end, the hotel is immediately adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center and proximate to the Sphere, Chinatown, and downtown Las Vegas.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Shaping the physical space for so sensual an exhibition was a daunting enough task that Bolton looked to Leong Leong, an architecture firm of two brothers based in New York’s Chinatown.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
In one version, Yoko Ono introduced the two at a restaurant in New York’s Chinatown, and his choice of beverage, an orange soda, charmed Ms. Zazeela.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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
Yew himself was then arrested and beaten by cops at Manhattan Chinatown’s Fifth Precinct.
—Viviane Eng, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Located on the Strip's northern end, the hotel is immediately adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center and proximate to the Sphere, Chinatown, and downtown Las Vegas.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Shaping the physical space for so sensual an exhibition was a daunting enough task that Bolton looked to Leong Leong, an architecture firm of two brothers based in New York’s Chinatown.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
In one version, Yoko Ono introduced the two at a restaurant in New York’s Chinatown, and his choice of beverage, an orange soda, charmed Ms. Zazeela.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Chinatown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinatown. Accessed 3 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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