metropolis

Example Sentences

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Residents described a tense, surreal atmosphere across the metropolis of 17 million people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

In the 19th and 20th centuries, it helped the city become a bustling metropolis, home to sizable European diasporas and a distinct cosmopolitan culture.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It is now a ramshackle, seemingly lost-in-time metropolis where residents sit on porches observing the unsteady progress of cars navigating pothole-ridden streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Now, this sprawling metropolis set against the stunning, snowy Mount Damavand is decked out in flags and bunting to mark what's known as the "ten days of dawn".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

New Orleans is. on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole