citified

Example Sentences

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Even now, few Woodstock locals know the precise location, though it is not far from the storied town that the citified Mr. Bowie derided on his first visit in 2002 as “too cute for words.”

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

Produced by country music explorer Sturgill Simpson, “Country Squire” is full of lessons learned on the “country music highway” about camper retirement, citified country boys and the hard work of commitment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

The stranger reminds viewers that, in the West, “dude” is an insult—the naïve and citified dandy who’s a mere tourist or poseur in a place of rugged action and broken-in casualness.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2018

Overall urbanization stands at 59%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, with Guangdong — the most-populous province — the most citified: Its urban ratio is 70%.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2018

“I ain’t as good as Jimi Hendrix,” he said, “but he play them citified blues, anyway. I’m thinking about writing a blues number for you. I’m gonna call it “The Serious Stink Blues.”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers