small-town
Example Sentences
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Rick Dial, who played a small-town radio reporter in the film, was actually a local furniture salesman.
From Los Angeles Times
Vaudeville troupes traveled the country by rail, performing at sites from small-town opera houses to urban theaters seating several thousand people.
As Jonathan “Mox” Moxon in “Varsity Blues,” he pushed back against the pressures of playing quarterback for a small-town high school.
From Salon
As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.
From Salon
There are small-town cops who manage to maintain their integrity despite their jobs, scoundrels who hang out at bars on the side of town closest to the highway and plenty of civilians who are intent on doing the right thing.
From Salon
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