How to Use the big city in a Sentence

the big city

noun phrase

• In the big city, and with the help of the God of Poverty, the pair travels to the depths of hell to bring Karin’s mother back.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 June 2024
• Going to Wal-Mart in Greenville felt like going to the big city.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
• The challenge was to find the village where my parents are sent to, away from the big city.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
• Folks in small towns may find things on the menu are a bit cheaper than what folks in the big city will pay.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 June 2024
• As a kid, Pat took a trip to the big city, Portland — and was shocked to see people living on the streets.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 May 2023
• Kelly Clarkson is building a new life — and a new look — in the big city.
  — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• Season 3 will see the show move out of the big city of Rio de Janeiro and into the countryside.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
• Their dreams of making good money in the big city are fading.
  — Christian Shepherd, Vic Chiang, Lillian Yang and Theodora Yu, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• The big picture: Those leaving New England mostly head for the big city or the beach.
  — Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
• After leaving Erin’s home, the Mallards find themselves in the big city.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• The Kang family has moved from the big city to run a bed-and-breakfast that was supposed to sit along a new highway.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
• What appears to connect them most strongly is a sense of loneliness in the big city.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
• Congested and costly Not all are tempted by the big city.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
• Packing for a trip that includes time in the big city as well as the picturesque countryside like this takes a good amount of planning.
  — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023
• Mannich, 33, returns to Fairhope after dreaming of living in the big city.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Nominally, New York, New York is a love story involving a boy, a girl, and the big city.
  — Vulture, 26 Apr. 2023
• Patrice Bergeron arrived in the big city as a teenager with big hopes and dreams and even bigger odds of sticking with the varsity.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Why not avoid the big city’s expensive real estate and get more space and access to nature, the thinking goes.
  — Richard E. Ocejo, TIME, 2 July 2024
• Having left the big city to work in a small town, Priya brings a sharp quirkiness to the job that her mentor Jack finds both endearing and annoying.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
• But when Doug drops him in the big city and speeds away, Reggie begins to worry about not only getting home but surviving.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement Their dreams of making good money in the big city are fading.
  — Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
• My mother was visiting from Montana — a vacation in the big city to meet her first grandchild.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2023
• Some expressed concern about his ability to survive in the big city, but Flaco feasted on abundant prey, the zoo said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024
• When the singer finally does make it to the big city, Ayouch and Touzani’s screenplay takes more obvious narrative turns.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
• Going to the big city for school was a huge accomplishment for the young cinematographer.
  — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
• But one thing has not changed: Smith's family is still waiting for someone to be held responsible for the murder of the 24-year-old country girl who moved to the big city.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
• Now he’s traded the hustle of the big city for the idyllic calm of this sparsely populated corner of Portugal.
  — Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
• The boundary between outside and inside is always fuzzy and negotiable in Mexico, even in the big city.
  — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• The Henry’s 45 residences range from three to six bedrooms and feature high ceilings and large windows for bright and airy family living in the big city.
  — Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• Her ambivalence seems to suggest how quickly the endless possibilities of the big city can turn into a list of what-might-have-beens.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025