suburban

Example Sentences

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Levy plays Nicky, a pastor at a sparsely attended suburban New Jersey church of no evident denomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Like Pennsylvania, it’s effectively two states in one: densely populated, with highly-educated urban and suburban regions alongside vast rural areas that lean heavily conservative.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Looksminning has been unwittingly developed in the labs of happily married suburban dads for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

I’d be in a Mrs. Rylance wig and would turn to Libby and say, A suburban house witch, actually, who drives her son to auditions and then burns the other boys’ applications.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle