often attributive
1
a
: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
b
: an incorporated minor municipality
2
: the residents of a village
3
: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4
: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government
Examples of village in a Sentence
Entire villages come to see the parade.
we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
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Even the oldest maxim about cab drivers and bell hops giving share prices was tested by relating an anecdote about comments in his village pub from locals and complete strangers firing questions at him and a fellow gold trader about the gold price.
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Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Earlier this month, the village said they were approached by the developer about the data center in December and presented the Board of Trustees with a brief overview presentation.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The early scenes between this unlikely couple are tender, almost loving — a dynamic that’s not lost on the village women, all of whom have trouble with their own husbands.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
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Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Earlier this month, the village said they were approached by the developer about the data center in December and presented the Board of Trustees with a brief overview presentation.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The early scenes between this unlikely couple are tender, almost loving — a dynamic that’s not lost on the village women, all of whom have trouble with their own husbands.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for village
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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village
noun
vil·lage
ˈvil-ij 
1
: a place somewhat smaller than a town
2
: the people living in a village
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