How to Use the Charleston in a Sentence

the Charleston

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• That brief run-in with the paranormal hasn’t changed the Charleston native’s view on USC one bit.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• The house, now preserved as a museum, has been maintained by the Charleston Trust since 1980.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• Employment in the Charleston metro area grew by 5.9% last year, twice as fast as the U.S. average.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
• His death was confirmed by the Charleston County Coroner, the report said.
  — Peter Vercoe, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• The collision happened around 3:10 p.m. at the Charleston Road crossing, White said.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Dawn Geisler, 53, has made only $10 an hour working as a home health aide in the Charleston area for the last four years, without ever getting a raise.
  — Reed Abelson Desiree Rios, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• In it, Baker dances the Charleston in a bespeckled dress, her bright smile radiating on the stage.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
• In conversations near the end of my journey, Theresa talked about having a son and three grandsons in the Charleston area.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The jet crashed on Sunday after what the Marine Corps said was a malfunction that prompted the pilot to eject near the Charleston airport.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• The arrests today dismantled a drug trafficking network that has wreaked havoc in the Charleston area for far too long.
  — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
• City officials said the flooding highlighted the need to construct a sea wall around the Charleston peninsula to help protect against storms and rising sea levels.
  — NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The heavy rain has also led to several road closures downtown, and the Charleston Police Department has urged drivers to stay off the roads if possible.
  — Angela Yang, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Looking out at the pews now, the pastor saw people who had not been surprised, not in the least, including church historian Lee Bennett, who’d grown up practically across the street and knew all nine of the Charleston church massacre victims.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The ship's remains were raised in 2000 from the bottom of the Charleston, S.C., harbor, and researcher Lance chronicles her subsequent investigation into what precisely sunk the craft.
  — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
• According to an account published by the Charleston Post & Courier, Black students had been upset because white teen-agers had destroyed mailboxes in their neighborhood.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• As the nation grappled with the aftermath of the Charleston massacre, the removal of a Confederate monument in Charlottesville, Virginia, became the flashpoint for more violence.
  — Abhinav S. Krishnan, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• Sloan’s vast collection also includes books, wall paints, satin paints, stencils, fabrics, and kits for creating looks inspired by things like Murano glass, Scandinavian art, and the Charleston Farmhouse.
  — Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
• In recent years, a new space has been added to the Charleston site, offering temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists working in the spirit of Charleston’s earlier occupants.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024