small-town

Example Sentences

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After Route 66 was decommissioned as a highway in 1985, about 85% of the old route remained in use, often as small-town thoroughfares, country highways and frontage roads alongside Interstate 40.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Hood County locals are relentless in their fight against the data centers, packing county meetings and town halls and voicing their fierce opposition to the facilities threatening to transform their charming, small-town community.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Friends in Cleveland persuaded them to check out the Hudson area, where they fell in love with the green countryside and the small-town life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

It's just the youngster, who started out at small-town outfit Gouveia, never actually existed.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The name he shouted was that of the TV character most synonymous with the archetypical skinny, ineffectual, small-town policeman.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover