rural

Example Sentences

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The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The family live in Loughgilly, a rural part of County Armagh.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

A two-thirds cut would have also created headaches for Amazon, especially in rural areas where it relies on the Postal Service the most.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

By then, she and William were living in rural Maryland, in a big house called Green Mansions.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield