How to Use local in a Sentence

local

1 of 2 adjective

• She took the local bus.
• The police have arrested a local man for the crime.
• We had dinner at a local restaurant.
• This is a local shop for local people: we don't get many outsiders here.
• By adding a full cent, a city doubles the local take from 1 percent to 2 percent of all sales.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
• The service might not be at your local Target quite yet.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 19 Aug. 2023
• How well is their firm rated in the local area, and among their attorney peers?
  — David Stubblefield, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• Not even a single day elapsed between their arrival and the mass murder of local Jews.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• Sibley bled on the sidewalk and died at a local hospital.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• Hymer said local laws protect against gun thefts and prevent suicides among teens and adults.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
• But there was a twist: the pay phones at the courthouse could only dial local telephone numbers.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 June 2023
• He was known as a champion of civil rights in the district, local leaders said.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Despite the strong move, local trading desks did not appear to see a lot of interest.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• And at least another $1 million a day in state and local taxes won't be collected while the port is closed.
  — Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• The news of Cao’s death shocked her family, friends and the local Vietnamese community.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
• That means local businesses near strike sites will lose out on revenue.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• Asher bids on a distressed property, as part of his and Whitney’s plan to use the show to make a killing in local real estate.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
• The company paid local and state police unions for the right to use their names, then pocketed nearly all the money.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The New York couple's three children, who are between the ages of 2 and 6, were transported to local hospitals.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• Tom LeGore, a local historian, spent much of his life searching for details of the encounter.
  — Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2023
• Her father sold dry goods at a local market, and her mother was a homemaker.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• She’s volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters and a local choir.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Reeves only obtains donor milk from people who also donate to the local milk bank and can show their lab work, such as Pickle.
  — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• People of color were barred by local covenants from many white neighborhoods.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Anglers using cast nets should check state and local laws governing their use.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• Watch live local and out of market games and (with the premium subscription) replays.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2023
• Martin Chute, a local who hand-paints the names of shops onto storefronts, is among the hundreds getting into the Dolly spirit and raising awareness of the event.
  — Jennifer Hassan The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2023
• Both creatures are viewed as hard to find, according to the local folklore, but locating both is seen to symbolize the end of conflict.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
• Kennedy’s ideas revolve around changes to the tax code, pushing for local zoning changes and seeking out ways to lower home mortgage interest rates.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Youngkin proposed amending the bills to require the state tax department to study local impact and the General Assembly to consider them again next year.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024

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local

2 of 2 noun

• He's the president of the union local at the factory.
• And the good news for locals is that at least the next ones won't require months of road work in the run-up.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• Don't pry, but if locals open up about the fire, listen.
  — Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
• Do as the locals do: At the end of the day, slow down and enjoy one of life’s greatest pleasures.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2023
• The firm said the process is legal and pushed back against concerns raised by locals.
  — Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• But in the days leading up to his death, friends and locals saw little signs of distress.
  — Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• The one Olympic improvement locals welcome is a new bridge that will connect to the beach in front of Chopes.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023
• Rather than take a long walk around, some locals clamber over the tracks and dash across four lanes of 65-mph traffic.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• Once a year, locals meet to give the walls a fresh lick of paint, making the water appear lazuline.
  — Freya Bromley, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
• The Duke of Sussex, 39, has cited the beach as a highlight of life in Montecito, and locals say he’s known to spend time there.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
• In Brownsville, locals say there’s more to the city than border politics.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Over the years, the relationship between Maui locals and tourists has been one of push and pull.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2023
• While his work has sold well at the Dallas Art Fair in the past, the buyers aren’t usually locals.
  — Abigail Ronner, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2023
• The site of a battle in 1759, the Plains of Abraham is now a giant urban park enjoyed by tourists and locals alike.
  — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• In the somber days after the fire, the collective agony of locals reckoning with their loss could be felt across the island.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2023
• For a thousand years, locals have tamed the cliffs by terracing them with stone walls from top to bottom.
  — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
• The serene Maria Spa is open to hotel guests and the public for a day fee and is already becoming a locals’ favorite.
  — Blane Bachelor, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
• On the Rhine, with its 139 apartments, offers the same thing to locals wanting to live closer to the northeastern edge of Downtown.
  — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
• Treat yourself to a swanky hotel stay: Now is the time when locals can savor the lap of luxury at a discount.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
• Shelby Park was once a popular spot for locals to play soccer or walk their dogs along the Rio Grande.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• The free show draws locals and families who might not be prepared to stay awake for a play that starts at 8 p.m. or sit through three hours of Shakespeare.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• In the aftermath, scores of dead bodies lay on the ground near the train tracks covered by white sheets, as locals and rescuers raced to help survivors.
  — Ashok Sharma, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• The team went so far as to recruit fans and locals to help shovel snow in the stadium for $20 an hour ahead of Monday's contest.
  — Rishikesh Rajagopalan, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• Over a hundred years later, locals have rescued the stagecoach once more.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• Batman, who has lived on the Lower East Side since he was born, said that he’s seen many locals die from fentanyl overdoses in the last ten years.
  — Zoe Beery, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
• The restaurant’s name also refers to the small neighborhood outposts where locals would drop in for a bag of beans or tortillas en route to home for dinner.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Cold and rainy or sunny and scorching, the course is lined with locals cheering for the strangers who’ve descended on their city with a singular goal.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
• The rest of the parks’ 14 campgrounds have different rolling booking windows that vary from 2 days to 4 months, to give locals and last-minute travelers a chance to snag a spot.
  — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2023
• Evidence of the locals’ craftsmanship can still be found in surprising ways.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024