metropolis

Example Sentences

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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

Chongqing - a humid southwestern metropolis which once made global headlines for a corruption scandal and murder - turned popular and cool.

From BBC

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

Part of the “gay tax” described in “Money Proud” is what it costs not only to live in a major metropolis, but also to enjoy it.

From MarketWatch

It was looking as though we wouldn’t get a badly needed, monthslong, toe-to-toe face-off about all that’s right and wrong in the sprawling metropolis of high hopes and low expectations.

From Los Angeles Times