Used in a Sentence

plains

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for plains.

Editorial note

What we call today the Great Plains (specifically, the High Plains) was the Great American Desert 150 years ago.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A number of places in the United States:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plains gathered in one view.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A ghost town in California.

noun

A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plains.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A ghost town in California.

noun

A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.

noun

A city in Meade County, Kansas.

Example sentences

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What we call today the Great Plains (specifically, the High Plains) was the Great American Desert 150 years ago.

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Imagine living in a large (fictional) cultural and tech hub in the plains 100 miles east of Boulder.

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I think the problem is: most of the machines and bots you mention can work only in the plains, and in areas reachable by road.

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We are talking just of reef ecosystems here, there are also soft bottom ecosystems and epi/meso pelagic and abyssal plains.

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For example, the American Plains used to have 10s of feet of rich topsoil built by natural processes over the years.

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At the same time, the midwest, especially the great plains area, were always tree sparse.

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US miltary equipment, such as plains and tanks cost more and require more experience.

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Or one could call it a paradise on the plains depending on your perspective.

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Suffered (major) volcanic lava flows in the Plains area at the time of Christ.

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The Virginia DCs are in different flood plains and on different power grids.

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Now, I'm not really disagreeing with you, because science and humanities exist on two separate plains.

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I like to think they're all living on farms, a little ways off in the plains.

Quote examples

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Like the ending of "King Lear" or Prince Arjuna looking over the plains at his immense enemy spread before him but then realizing his charioteer is Krishna.

2

> "The greatest gains have been seen on the East Coast (with average volumes of wood per acre almost doubling since the '50s) which was the area most heavily logged by European settlers beginning in the 1600s, soon after their arrival." I believe another reason is that the introduction of the railway shifted food production to the plains and California.

Proper noun examples

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Senior Systems Engineer - White Plains, NY LLS is dedicated to curing blood cancer.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use plains in a sentence?

What we call today the Great Plains (specifically, the High Plains) was the Great American Desert 150 years ago.

What does plains mean?

A number of places in the United States:

What part of speech is plains?

plains is commonly used as noun.