village

Example Sentences

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Elephants are considered sacred in Sri Lanka and are protected by law, but farmers and residents in remote villages sometimes attack wild elephants that destroy crops.

From Barron's

“People want to be in a village, but they don’t know how to be a villager. GrlSwirl is the village.”

From Los Angeles Times

Residents in the remote Turkmen village of Bokurdak have long depended on the Karakum Desert for their livelihoods, cultivating every square metre they can in a constant battle with nature.

From Barron's

To keep the study grounded in real-world conditions, the researchers chose a model of a single village in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu - the heart of India's poultry belt.

From BBC

In Germany, I attended local cultural festivals, explored beautiful towns and villages I would never know existed if I had not lived nearby.

From BBC