city center

Example Sentences

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Outside a gas station in the city center, the queue for fuel ran to several hundred meters.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Hanoi banned gas-powered two-wheel vehicles in the city center and Paris closed a core part of the city to cars last year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The 45-year-old Magyar, whose surname means “Hungarian,” grew up in an affluent family of public figures in Budapest’s historic city center, just a stone’s throw from Hungary’s parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"Times are tough," the 27-year-old, who now commutes by bicycle from his Havana suburb to the city center, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

At that time, we lived in a part of town far from the city center.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai