countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd 
1
: a rural area
2
: the inhabitants of a countryside
Examples of countryside in a Sentence
We took a long drive through the open countryside.
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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My earliest memories are of a huge accordion in front of me while the musicians, who passed through my house – my father, who was a manager of musicians coming from the countryside of Argentina to Buenos Aires, always hosted them – played and rehearsed nearby.
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David Burke, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
On paper, it could be pitched as a Hungarian Blair Witch Project meets Insidious, using a faux-documentary device to explore a case of demonic possession among a group of outsiders living in the countryside.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Set in the Tuscan countryside, Castelfalfi is a medieval village surrounded by vineyards and olive groves.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Together with remnant wetlands, protected nature reserves and archaeological ruins being reclaimed by nature, these sites create corridors of largely uninterrupted green space that snake from the surrounding countryside through the suburbs and into the city center.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
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David Burke, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
On paper, it could be pitched as a Hungarian Blair Witch Project meets Insidious, using a faux-documentary device to explore a case of demonic possession among a group of outsiders living in the countryside.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Set in the Tuscan countryside, Castelfalfi is a medieval village surrounded by vineyards and olive groves.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Together with remnant wetlands, protected nature reserves and archaeological ruins being reclaimed by nature, these sites create corridors of largely uninterrupted green space that snake from the surrounding countryside through the suburbs and into the city center.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for countryside
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryside. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd
: a rural area or its people
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