small-town

Example Sentences

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Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

For now though, style and savings appear to have trumped concerns about sustainability, with many small-town Indians only just getting on to the fast-fashion bandwagon.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

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 • Feb. 7, 2026

The ensuing barrage of requests—combined with spiking ticket presales—set off a dinner bell everywhere from small-town cinemas to major multiplex chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

I look at his golden-blond hair, short in the back but longer in front— nothing like the small-town boys I’m used to, with their hair shorn like sheep.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline