Examples of “Delaware” in a Sentence

name One of the fifty US states, the first to ratify the Constitution.

• Delaware is famous for having no sales tax.

name A river running through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

• George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River in 1776.

noun A member of the Lenape people, an Indigenous nation of the mid-Atlantic United States.

• The Delaware lived along the river long before European settlers arrived.

noun A variety of small, sweet, amber-colored grape grown in the US.

• Delaware grapes are often used to make sweet white wines.