village

Example Sentences

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In Debel, close to the Israeli border, inhabitants prepared to celebrate Easter Sunday despite the sound of bombardment around their village, now almost totally cut off from the world and dependent on aid deliveries.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The checkpoint they were given was Fiskardo, a village on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

India in the last two years stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired insurgency began nearly six decades ago.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Ikuma calls itself a town, but it's really a village and has no streetlights.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell