jones (Meaning)

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jones (n)

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)

United States golfer (1902-1971)

American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

English phonetician (1881-1967)

jones Sentence Examples

  1. I jones for a cup of coffee in the mornings to start my day.
  2. My neighbor joneses for a new car every time a new model comes out.
  3. The kids were full of jones to go to the amusement park.
  4. The athlete was determined to win the game, jonesing for victory.
  5. The employees worked hard because they jonesed for the big bonus at the end of the year.
  6. The teacher was keen to teach her students something new, jonesing for knowledge.
  7. The scientist was curious and jonesed to learn more about the universe.
  8. The artist yearned to create something beautiful, jonesing for inspiration.
  9. The traveler longed to see new places, jonesing for adventure.
  10. The musician was eager to perform, jonesing for applause.

FAQs About the word jones

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930), United States railroad engineer who died tryin

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allergy, distaste, abomination, abhorrence, disgust, loathing, disinclination, distaste, revulsion, disinclination

I jones for a cup of coffee in the mornings to start my day.

My neighbor joneses for a new car every time a new model comes out.

The kids were full of jones to go to the amusement park.

The athlete was determined to win the game, jonesing for victory.