How to Use township in a Sentence

township

noun
  • Presque Isle is the name of both the township and its county.
    Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The deaths were recorded in the township of Liulin, part of the city of Suizhou in the north of the province.
    NBC News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • This isn’t the first lawsuit Weekes-Rivera has filed against the township.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The house on Fairway Drive in the township caught fire around 7 p.m. ET.
    Joe Mason, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Silich’s equipment and was paid from the township for that time.
    Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • In their new township, New Brighton, Zolani felt alone.
    Outside Online, 26 June 2024
  • Many of them had grown up on different streets and parts of the township.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The cash from that sale and reserves will be the main source of funding for the township’s portion of the building.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022
  • The price tag came in at just over $2.2 million, a township spokesperson said.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Today, the town remains a frontline of the fight for control over the township.
    Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • He was born in green township and by the way, his birthday is today.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Like the village, much of the township is in the national park and is tax exempt.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Friends wrote to the township’s congresswoman to ask for help and dropped off soup and meals.
    Tracey Tully, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The section that was damaged sits near the township of Yangqianhe.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Even locating patients can be a challenge in the maze of streets that make up the townships of the Cape Flats.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 19 May 2024
  • This is the township’s first park, which is across from Vitamix.
    cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • The township's flagship park is a good option to bring children of all ages.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The township purchased the land last year for a new police station.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The township is now under pressure from the state to sewer the entire canyon, but the cost would be in the tens of millions.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • North Ridge Realty Group is the listing agent for the township.
    Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 27 May 2022
  • The first formally creates the city, and the second transfers power from the township to the new city.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 6 Sep. 2021
  • That John Freese arrived in 1817 -- one of the first settlers of the township that would later be named Brunswick.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The rom-com set in the heart of Johannesburg’s famous township, will launch in the first quarter of 2024.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Amabherethe in township slang means berets, referring to the hats worn by the unit.
    Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 11 July 2022
  • The mourners drove out of the township, and into the hills overlooking Kabul.
    New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • To date, a central park has become the hallmark in all of Gamuda Land’s townships.
    Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Hundreds of trees were downed, and power was knocked out for a third of the South Jersey township, Marrow said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The township offices are home to a food pantry and Harmon helps maintain their supplies when stock is low.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2022
  • As a child in South Africa, growing up under apartheid, Tommy was raised in a coloured township.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The township purchased the vacant department store last year for $2.2 million.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024

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