metropolis

Example Sentences

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That included his time as mayor of Davao, a southern metropolis where he cultivated the image of a tough-talking political outsider.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Next month's World Cup, where Los Angeles is hosting eight matches, was supposed to allow the Californian metropolis to burnish its image, just two years before the city hosts the Olympic Games.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Washington countered with a vision bearing the confident stamp of the Great Society era in American politics—the belief that a complex metropolis could still be shaped, and improved, by comprehensive design.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The contest’s co-host Victoria Swarovski, singer, model and crystal heiress, says the city is a true metropolis best experienced on foot—where imperial architecture and centuries-old cafés weave through contemporary restaurants and nightlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The corners were choked with dust and it smelled like a whole metropolis of mice had lived and bred there, probably until the cats got wise and moved in before moving on, but no snakes.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline