outskirts
Example Sentences
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Hannie walks quickly, talking almost as fast as we make our way to the outskirts of the city.
From Literature
At one displacement camp on the outskirts of Beirut, hundreds of people got ready for Iftar - a meal eaten at sunset to break the Ramadan fast - on Tuesday evening.
From BBC
Sparks fly and metal groans in a cavernous workshop on the outskirts of Islamabad, where Pakistani artist Ehtisham Jadoon fuses discarded car parts into colossal pieces inspired by "Transformers" movies and dinosaurs.
From Barron's
The young couple is now buried in a cemetery in Avangard, a small village on the outskirts of Odesa.
From Barron's
When I was 12, we moved to the outskirts of Newport Beach, to a condo apartment that faced a wetland.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
