suburban

Example Sentences

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A slow-burn hit set in suburban Glasgow, Two Doors Down started as a one-off special in 2013 before the first series was commissioned in 2016.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

A thin, dark-haired girl I met also was left out in the cold—unable to return to her suburban home because trains weren’t running.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She also wonders whether even the suburban parks built a few decades ago in more upscale neighborhoods for one kind of demographic — the 9-to-5 workers with nuclear families — meet present-day lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“I think my editors thought there was something inherently funny about taking a suburban Mormon dad and dropping him into this world,” Coppins told Thompson on the Plain English podcast.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Sierra remembered the impossible nothingness of the throng haint rearing up over her, blotting out the suburban Flatbush streets, all those screaming mouths and the searing iciness creeping along her left arm.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older