How to Use town in a Sentence

town

noun
  • The nearest shopping mall is two towns away.
  • We're heading to town later on.
  • The town plans to increase property taxes.
  • The flames roared right over the tree, rooted in the heart of town, at the ocean's edge.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
  • But the Magic City didn’t make the cut of the friendliest towns in the South.
    Patrick McCreless, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
  • Still: The event drew a big crowd for a small, rural town.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Last summer, my kids and I moved away from the city, into a big house in a small town.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
  • With three towns on the list, Spain takes the honor of being the country with the most winners.
    María Casbas, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Across town, Logan sits alone in a dark room, his face lit only by the evening news.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Mar. 2023
  • His wife, who was out of town, had asked a friend to check on him, police said Monday.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • That small town included a school that Shy’Kemmia loved.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Rams feel less like an NFL team and more like a cult movie waiting to happen and, in this town, that’s a good thing.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The resort town gets its name from the three lakes in the area and is home to Samjiyon Grand Monument.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2024
  • It too is famed for its Venetian harbor and quaint old town.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Hitting the pavement for an hour-plus in any town or city can take its toll on your body.
    Kelsey Borovinsky, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Until about a year ago, Xue Xiong had never seen a town.
    Zinara Rathnayake, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
  • Small towns saw their numbers drop from a 29% slice of the home-buying pie last year to a more modest 23%.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But even in the deepest red towns, they’re mostly met with kindness and new friends.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There are too many stops and starts as Robel and Fahmi make their way across town.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • April is a beautiful month on the shores of the Mediterranean, as blossoms scent the breeze and seaside towns stir to life.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Sharon Stone rides into a town called Redemption to avenge the death of her dad at the hands of an evil boss named Herod.
    and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
  • Mary Gen’s father had the Williston town pool named after him, which Katie swam the first lap.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 July 2024
  • The 25-year-old had grown up in a small town getting his sides shaved by his father, Bevan.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The dysfunction in this town is very, very widely known.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
  • The small town of Perry outside the park has some local restaurants for a quick bite too.
    Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As a boy, he was routinely kicked out of town for being Black.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • From the roar of the crowd to the hot summer air, this football stadium could be any Texas town on a Friday night.
    Jenny Wagnon Courts, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • If a project does not align with a town’s plan, it’s commonly denied.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Raised in a small town, Kali and her siblings would spend most of their time outside, along with their neighbors.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
  • For decades, the trains were the most efficient and effective ways for presidential candidates to connect with voters in small towns and the large metropolitan areas.
    Edward Segal, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024

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