suburban

Example Sentences

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Levy plays Nicky, a pastor at a sparsely attended suburban New Jersey church of no evident denomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

“A suburban parent buying a Kia is a digital native,” Toprak said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, the film explores what happens to a family who wake up one day to find that their quaint suburban block has moved somewhere else entirely.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

David Lee, a 39-year-old at the suburban gas station outside Washington, fills up his tank twice a week.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

And while I imagined that Zimbabwe was radically different from suburban Pennsylvania, where I grew up, I had no idea how much.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda