small-town
Example Sentences
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Golden alleges that “small-minded” small-town police “railroaded” her client due to his rise in local fame.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The small-town US backlash may have specific American context, but it is also having echoes around the world.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hundreds of young Russians gathered outside a Moscow courthouse where Yabloko’s bespectacled chairman, Nikolai Rybakov, who has a mop of brown hair and looks like a small-town librarian, spent hours appealing the ruling in vain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” is filled with idiosyncratic characters who wear their charming small-town quirks on their sleeves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Because if you want to be a small-town girl in U. Valley, that’s what you say.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
