How to Use town in a Sentence
town
noun- The nearest shopping mall is two towns away.
- We're heading to town later on.
- The town plans to increase property taxes.
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In the sixth episode, the Hos are back out on the town.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 1 Sep. 2022
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Fans still came in droves when the Ravens were in town.
—Austin Hewitt, Baltimore Sun, 26 Aug. 2022
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The flames roared right over the tree, rooted in the heart of town, at the ocean's edge.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
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But the Magic City didn’t make the cut of the friendliest towns in the South.
—Patrick McCreless, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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Still: The event drew a big crowd for a small, rural town.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
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Throw one on to romp around your house or to run around town.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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In fact, all of the top 10 spots on the list were claimed by Southern towns and cities.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dozens of soldiers were posted at the entrance to the town.
—Eduardo Verdugo, ajc, 6 Oct. 2022
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Good luck not wanting to stay in town and join one of their many book clubs.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
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Plus, as is Karlovy Vary tradition, the stars came out to the Czech spa town.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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About a month or two later, Quentin came to town for the weekend.
—Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
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The 23 acres being offered to the town are adjacent and to the west of the 52-acre parcel.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Oct. 2022
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This dive bar and restaurant in the coastal town of San Leon is for guests 18 and up only.
—Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 July 2022
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Last summer, my kids and I moved away from the city, into a big house in a small town.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
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With three towns on the list, Spain takes the honor of being the country with the most winners.
—María Casbas, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
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Whether on the water or around town, these are my go-to for just about anything.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
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Across town, Logan sits alone in a dark room, his face lit only by the evening news.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Mar. 2023
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The school principal agreed to meet me at her home, in a small town in Uttar Pradesh.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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His wife, who was out of town, had asked a friend to check on him, police said Monday.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
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That small town included a school that Shy’Kemmia loved.
—Kyani Reid, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
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The Rams feel less like an NFL team and more like a cult movie waiting to happen and, in this town, that’s a good thing.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
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Where are all the chefs in this town and fresh ingredients?
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2022
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Their headquarters is a three-car garage, 170 miles west in the town of Novomoskovsk.
—Dalton Bennett, Washington Post, 24 July 2022
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The resort town gets its name from the three lakes in the area and is home to Samjiyon Grand Monument.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2024
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It too is famed for its Venetian harbor and quaint old town.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
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Together, the members of the Brigade hope to provide an example for our town, and for all fire-prone regions across the west, of what a truly wildfire prepared and adapted community can look like.
—Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
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