suburban

Example Sentences

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Switching the setting of “Carrie” from suburban Boston to down-home Maine might have helped convince readers that the novel’s mayhem “could happen in any high school across the country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In the 1983 comedy classic National Lampoon’s Vacation, a suburban dad played by Chevy Chase tries to keep up with a Ferrari driven by superstar model Christie Brinkley.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Many of the children in illegal children's homes are located in terraced or suburban housing in parts of northern England with cheaper rents.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The three suburban counties of Boone, Kenton, and Campbell run in vertical slices, each taking part of the Cincinnati suburbs south of the Ohio River and running south through exurbs and eventually rural areas.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Now, she finds herself in a suburban neighborhood of big houses with three-car garages.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti