How to Use small-town in a Sentence

small-town

adjective

• But Thomasville’s small-town charm has come through since.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• That gets into the tropes the movie’s playing with — a small-town boy goes to the big city, right?
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 25 Dec. 2024
• The city, with its warts-and-all friendliness, has a small-town feel.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
• What gets in the way of college for small-town and rural students?
  — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Season 1 plays out sort of like a small-town mystery that just so happens to take place at the end of the world.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 June 2023
• The ideal trip here marries the best of both small-town charm and windswept coastal beauty — here's how to do it.
  — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
• The couple moved to Eureka Springs as adults for its small-town feel and arts.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 July 2024
• Peyton, who is 57, was raised in small-town Connecticut, the youngest of five.
  — Jenny Comita, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• But a decades-old case of small-town beauty queen murders might cost them their lives.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
• More love, drama, and small-town charm coming your way.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• What would a Zach Bryan small-town theatrical epic sound like?
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 July 2024
• Cheyenne could be a great choice for retirees who want a small-town feel with easy access to big-city amenities.
  — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
• This sparkling spritz has cozy apple and vanilla notes that feel just right for a small-town Alaskan Christmas.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
• There are no bumpkins in Hamaguchi’s movie, either—no one who can be reduced to a small-town, salt-of-the-earth cliché.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
• So many books have been written about the anger in small-town America and why people went for Trump.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
• Her final summer in small-town Kentucky is off to a great start, when all of a sudden, things take a turn.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• In the ‘80s, small-town Greeley, Colorado was a quiet place to set down roots and raise a family.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
• The place is typical small-town bar kitsch, with dollar bills stuck to the ceiling and mounted elk and deer heads.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• His mom, from small-town Mississippi, played blues and gospel records at home.
  — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
• Whether this small-town wrestling league can support new faces and new competitors is the focus now.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 28 July 2023
• So it's been fun coming from small-town Alaska to be in a city with lots of stuff going on, music, art and all that.
  — Simone Manuel, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2023
• Vermont's Upper Valley is putting a fresh spin on small-town life.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
• The location provides a laidback, small-town feel and is a short car ride from the vibrance of Dallas-Fort Worth.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Golden likes to think of itself as a small town with small-town values and this is the complete opposite of that.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2024
• Maine is full of small-town charm that often gets overlooked when visitors flock to the southernmost parts of the state.
  — Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
• The director’s latest film is The 4:30 Movie, which serves as a love letter to small-town cinemas.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
• The bottom line: Swapping the city for small-town living might seem like a money-saving move, but with price tags like these, think again.
  — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
• The citizens want to see the city maintain its small-town charm but want to see the empty buildings filled with shops and businesses.
  — Gregory Richter, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
• The film, which came out in 2004, tells the story of two small-town teen-agers, Brian and Neil, who were molested as kids by their Little League coach.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
• Both seasons of the drama about the world of small-town pro wrestling will premiere on the streamer Sunday, September 15.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025