inner city
Example Sentences
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Instead of the suburban setting common to so many cartoons — including Nickelodeon’s “Doug” — “Hey Arnold!” was set firmly in the inner city, a vibrantly gritty amalgam of Seattle, Portland and Brooklyn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I remember helping organize a food bank with several other pastors in the inner city on the Eastern seaboard.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
In parts of inner city London, Metropolitan Police officers have been equipped with a fleet of 25 Sur-Ron dirt bikes - partly funded with proceeds of crime money.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Palace of Erhenrang is an inner city, a walled wilderness of palaces, towers, gardens, courtyards, cloisters, roofed bridgeways, roofless tunnel-walks, small forests and dungeon-keeps, the product of centuries of paranoia on a grand scale.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
