Examples of “Jordan” in a Sentence

name A country in the Middle East, and the river that flows through it into the Dead Sea.

• They traveled to Jordan to see the ancient city of Petra.

name A unisex given name from Hebrew, originally given to children baptized with water brought back from the River Jordan.

• Jordan started at their new school this week.

name A surname derived from the given name.

• Michael Jordan is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players ever.

noun Historically, a rounded glass flask with a narrow neck, once used by physicians and alchemists.

• The museum displayed a medieval jordan used for examining urine samples.