urbanity

Example Sentences

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It’s an off-brand, pioneer town that has so far resisted any whiff of genteel urbanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

In challenging conventional views of urbanity, the Sex Pistols demonstrate their willingness to break away from established norms and venture into uncharted territory, both musically and ideologically.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

The brand is a "superb combination of urbanity, hedonism and undeniable luxury," L'Oreal chief executive Nicolas Hieronimus said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2023

It offered an accessible urbanity, a kind of cosmopolitanism for the common folk.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

Dr. Newman returned to the charge, still with a chill urbanity which I cannot help thinking Kingsley mistook for weakness or fear.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin