outlying area
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
First you have a kind of broad outlying area — how they’re managing fuel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
Seven weeks after law enforcement extracted him from this outlying area of the Northeast, community members said they remain baffled.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
The others were found in an outlying area of Port-au-Prince, the capital, on Thursday, local news reports said.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
“It’s an outlying area out there, and sometimes a lone ranger gets going on his own and feels like he has ownership,” Sargeant said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017
By this time, the Science Community was a city of a million inhabitants, with a vast outlying area of farms and gardens.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Bates, Harry
