How to Use community center in a Sentence

community center

noun
  • The community center’s sign, seemingly unscathed by the fire, was all that remained.
    Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Tair had dance practice that afternoon, and when Ilana called the community center where it was held, she was told her daughter hadn’t shown up for class.
    New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The clubhouse and community center’s total project cost is projected at $9 million.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 20 July 2022
  • Several days later, some of Mo’s personal belongings were found in a dumpster at a nearby community center in Wailuku.
    Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Just down the road from the community center was an I.T.I. that occupied a pale-yellow building near a small lake and a Hanuman temple.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
  • The concrete walls of a community center collapsed in the storm.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Olaya came to Montreal to watch Mathurin work out at a community center, and by the end of it he was sold.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The shooting occurred at a private event with a fee at the door to get in with some 150 people at the community center, Bivens said.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The third phase will be to build a community center, a process that will require planning and council votes.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Around the community center, killer weeds are lying about in plain sight.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Alexander, who runs the park’s kitchen, wants a community center.
    Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The kids and the families who come here matter, and what this community center does for the city of Fayetteville matters.
    Michael Main, arkansasonline.com, 28 June 2024
  • In 2022, Danzinger faced heat for not supporting the flying of a Pride flag at the town’s community center after the flag had been flown there the year before.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Her red gloves with pearl clasps enter the tiny community center.
    Nikky Finney, The Atlantic, 3 July 2024
  • The community center is stocked with enough water and snacks for evacuees.
    Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
  • On Wednesday, Hicks alongside two of her sisters – Andrea and Rhonda – were able to view the items at the new community center.
    Sara Smart, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Rhythms, a tap company that joined the Legacy Project this year, grew up dancing at community centers on the city’s West Side.
    Emma R. Cohen, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Duck Duck Goofs will leave the community center when the new venue is ready, which Howe estimates will be in January.
    Kajsa Kedefors, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • How to return to life in a place that once felt like home – a school, church, campus, community center – but now feels sinister.
    Kirsi Goldynia, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The mayor went back into the community center and told the few people present to evacuate.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • For example, since the community center has a large public art space, the library has a smaller area for it.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
  • There isn’t a community center here, and there aren’t enough after-school programs for children, said Jones.
    al, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Village of Key Biscayne police station, the community center and the village green park are just a short walk away from each other.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Sixty dollars a month for the spot and a community center nearby with showers.
    Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Now closed, the tunnel served as an informal open-air gallery and community center for graffiti artists from all over the city.
    Salomon Zavala, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • These days, the city is near the front line, where life is highly dangerous, and the community center sits empty, surrounded by bomb craters.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • During the emotional scene in the courtyard of the community center, Rachel Goldberg-Polin spoke briefly in English.
    Sharon Altshul, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • By late Thursday morning a small memorial of flowers and candles had been laid in front of the community center.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • In the community center's bustling kitchen, the King mingled with volunteers preparing meals for JW3's food bank.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Caltrain has opened an online store with the hope of auctioning off 20 retired diesel locomotives that can be repurposed as a brewery, store, community center or cozy home.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024

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