How to Use big-city in a Sentence

big-city

adjective

• Many people thrive in the hustle and bustle of big-city life.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
• Both were tucked away in the hills near major cities but the antithesis of big-city life.
  — Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
• Part of the aim is connecting big-city poets on the coasts with small-town rural poets across the span of the US.
  — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• The new normal for big-city transit agencies is the off-peak rider.
  — Curbed, 18 May 2023
• Of the 34 women big-city mayors, over 50% are women of color.
  — Kelly Dittmar, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• The chapel is an excellent starting point to shake the clutter of big-city living from your mind.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
• Away from the big-city lights in Sonoma, a young Ada Limón spent countless hours peering out at the stars with her dad’s telescope.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• That’s not to say that the big-city fires of the past were strictly natural phenomena.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• For a big-city civic museum, the Carnegie in Pittsburgh is an idiosyncratic place.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• More than 20 years later, Chloe is a high school guidance counselor in New York City but big-city life is far from a fairytale.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• That’s low compared with the 9.85% top rate in big-city Minnesota, but South Dakota doesn’t tax income at all.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
• And actually, metro Chicago is still one of the most affordable big-city markets in the U.S.
  — Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
• Even though New York gets all the big-city buzz, Chicago should not be overlooked when planning an urban getaway with your girls.
  — Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• Abbott has butted heads with big-city mayors over the migrant crisis at the southern border.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
• Bringing a little big-city hustle to Austin’s dining scene.
  — Kitty Greenwald, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• For months, Democratic members of Congress and big-city mayors have urged Biden to take stronger action.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
• Stage, with the clean, modern lines of its spacious dining room and leafy outdoor patio, brought big-city buzz to a once monotone patch of Palm Beach County.
  — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• From the big-city hustle of Kolkata to the onetime Mughal outpost of Murshidabad, with rural towns and villages in between, getting a taste of life Ganges-style was a breeze.
  — Alex Greggery, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
• The outsider—most often a big-city visitor—always decides to stay.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• But a donation to an elite, big-city medical school is unlikely to be much help, experts told me.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
• The big-city protagonist never reenters her apartment alone—and still a cynic—in the finale.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• That role at America's hottest big-city zoo has never been more critical.
  — Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• From small-town romances to big-city love stories, Netflix has a treasure trove of cheesy holiday movies perfect for the season.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
• Read more Keep scrolling Colonies of big-city rat experts work to outsmart rodent community.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
• The latest from the campaign trail Americans are hopelessly confused about big-city crime.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Everyone knows that small-town life is different from big-city living.
  — Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
• The race will also serve as another test for how crime is impacting big-city politics.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• No weekends of fancy meals, big-city hotel rooms and adoring fans everywhere.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• The city has beefed up its recreation infrastructure, but struggles to address an acute housing shortage, with the few rental units going for big-city prices.
  — Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2024
• Even before the pandemic, ridership in the region was never as high as in other big-city rail systems.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Mar 2025