How to Use Pawnee in a Sentence

Pawnee

noun
  • Spencer plays a Pawnee scout who saves her from danger.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2022
  • If parking in the large lot near the Pawnee Campground, the total length is about 3.5 miles.
    — Dawn Wilson, The Denver Post, 23 July 2024
  • The workplace comedy, done in the style of The Office, centered around the employees in charge of the parks in the town of Pawnee, Indiana.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • But the real selling point, according Pawnee City officials, is the quality of life on offer.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • By 1900, disease, war, genocidal policies and the trauma of removal left only hundreds of our Pawnee to carry on our language, culture, and history.
    — Crystal Echo Hawk, ELLE, 23 June 2023
  • The comedy show, highlighting characters like Leslie Knope, is set in the fictional Pawnee, Indiana.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Offerman played Ron Swanson, the gruff, libertarian-leaning head of the Pawnee, Ind., parks and recreation department.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Pawnee National Grassland is about 75 miles away.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Rael-Gálvez later learned that panana means Pawnee.
    — Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026

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