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

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

The brand that invented the minivan in the 1980s, and with it a style that became shorthand for American suburban family life, is fighting for survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 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

From Anika78 in suburban Chicago: I was stopped at the door of my high school because I was wearing a trench coat.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz