How to Use Chinatown in a Sentence
Chinatown
noun- We had dinner in Chinatown.
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One place that did pan out was the Chinatown section of Bangkok.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 June 2024
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The Chinatown art space Human Resources was in the throes of a deep cleaning.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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And in February, a crowd in Chinatown set a Waymo car on fire.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
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Men played cards outside the China Trade Gate in Chinatown.
—Aruni Soni, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
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Nor do any of the drinks at Stay, a zero-proof cocktail lounge that has just opened in a storied Chinatown building.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
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These Chinatown bakeries have been doing this for so long.
—Ligaya Mishan David Chow, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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In July, a fast-casual venue was added to the sprawl between Chinatown and Union Station.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
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For more casual eats, the city’s famous Chinatown houses the cult Vietnamese restaurant Pho Cue (watch out for the queue).
—Claire Marie Healy, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
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She was crowned Miss Junior Chinatown in middle school and was class president in high school.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
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Still fighting over the phone, the video surveillance showed Majors take off running with Jabbari in pursuit of him down the streets of Chinatown.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
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The novel takes place in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the mid 20th century.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023
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When Seth first looked for volunteers for the event, a Chinatown resident in his seventies got in touch.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
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Another lender that Wong’s office works with is Citibank, which has a bilingual office in Chinatown.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
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The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
—Ishaan Jhaveri, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
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Those who stayed rose up in vocal rebellion against the movie, jeering every joke that wasn’t funny, which was all of them, and every beat ripped off from Chinatown, which was half of them.
—Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
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Osorio on most days is responsible for the northern half of the Green Line, stretching from Greenbelt to Chinatown.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
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This tiny spot in Chinatown is home to a chef who cooked for the consul general of San Francisco and his food is both refined and accessible.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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The director had his way, and the film comes to its memorably shocking conclusion as Evelyn attempts to flee with her daughter in a car on a street in Chinatown.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
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Her sister, mired in grief, lived near San Francisco’s Chinatown.
—Paolo Lucchesi, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2020
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Sarah had been brought up in a religious household, gone through her rebellious phase as a teenager, and was now teaching dance at a Christian school in Chinatown.
—Jason Kersten, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
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Decades ago, that area along Cass was considered Detroit's Chinatown.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
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The restaurant has three locations, one in Chicago's Chinatown and two suburban outposts in Evanston and Naperville.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
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Triad Trails, a walking tour through Chinatown, elucidates the city's battles against gangs and drugs from the 1890s to the present; the guides are former gang members who have served prison sentences and worked their way back into society.
—Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2023
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At that time, most diners were only familiar with the much more common Southern Chinese cooking out of Chinatown.
—Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
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Both the Highland Park and the Chinatown locations use Soom-brand tahini, whose 100% sesame paste adds a silken texture and a nuttiness that works exceedingly well for a savory edge.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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The provided a low-cost workforce for farms, restaurants, factories and were instrumental in setting up Chinatowns across the world.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
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Many of the senior residents in Chinatown face a food desert after local grocery stores shut down in the wake of Walmart’s arrival and departure from the historic neighborhood.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
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Yew himself was then arrested and beaten by cops at Manhattan Chinatown’s Fifth Precinct.
—Viviane Eng, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
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Their romance would be unwelcome in Chinatown—and Red Scare paranoia is looming large, already causing stress for her family.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
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