rustic

Example Sentences

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After an hour on a freeway passing through suburban towns of countless rows of identical worker housing, we turned onto a more rustic road, headed into the country’s mountainous region.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

If I didn’t have the fancy, rustic crocks to serve the soup in, or restaurant-quality stock there was no point in even trying at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Once you leave 395, things get rustic quickly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

All it takes is a few clicks of her remote to crank up one of the many flaming yule logs that TV offers, and voila: a maintenance-free, rustic glow is achieved.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

We must depart into the West, or dwindle to a rustic folk of dell and cave, slowly to forget and to be forgotten.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien