uptown
Example Sentences
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Relaxing with his team-mates in their hotel in uptown Charlotte, Ryan Christie watched the Lionel Messi show on Tuesday evening.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Ahmad, his wife, and his two daughters eventually settled in uptown Oklahoma City, four miles northwest of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
"Hoffman, me, my brother, three or four other actors and singers had a place on 107th and Broadway in Manhattan, uptown," Duvall told GQ in 2014.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
When his work was staged for the uptown set at Lincoln Center, seats emptied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
I went to him this way: Take the uptown number 2 train to Times Square.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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