How to Use periphery in a Sentence

periphery

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  • The church appears again in this new story but only to hover along the periphery.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • With a few family members on the periphery, Clay pretty much was on his own.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Prices in Antigua are higher in the city center and lower on the periphery.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Workers who live on the periphery of cities in Mexico rise in the dark, like sleepwalkers.
    — Alice Driver, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Nothing’s changed as much over the past 30 years as gambling itself, which has moved from the periphery into the mainstream.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • This is Kanye not quite on the cusp, but on the periphery of it, tasting his success in fits and bursts but never getting a chance to savor it.
    — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Media gathered three rows deep on the periphery of the collapse site; everywhere residents went, there was a mic or camera in their faces.
    — Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Now, Spain’s place on the periphery of global TV business is history.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • DeSantis will be in Milwaukee, but only on the periphery of the convention.
    — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • Out toward the periphery the DNA condenses, meaning those areas are expressed little or not at all.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
  • This creates a language divide and a digital knowledge gap that pushes low-income populations and languages that are less widely spoken globally to the periphery.
    — Carlos Mureithi, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2022
  • There were African flags strung on the periphery of the room.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Williams is still viewed as a prospect on the periphery.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 June 2022
  • There are more chairs around the periphery of the room and all of the monitors.
    — Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • On the east end, drug users sleep on the grass while dealers mix with the crowd around the periphery.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • Food is just steps away at food carts on the periphery.
    — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Jessie Baylin has been on the periphery of fame for more than half her life.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Three players were on the periphery of pro football in the fall of 2023.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • On darker skin tones, the bumps may be a dark shade of red or light purple around the periphery.
    — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The other seven stores are scattered around the periphery of the city.
    — Laura A. Reese, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
  • At the periphery of the proceedings, Martens cleared his throat and began to pace.
    — Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Street food culture came from there, and the idea of the one-stall special, which evolved around the periphery of temples.
    — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In the early 1950s, Brunn moved from the periphery of her brother’s career to the center of her own.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • For the most part, this reality is on the periphery and not thrust in our face.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • That is, unless the person in Lane 9 is leading and has no one in her periphery.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • On this album, there is a nice little group of people who have been on the periphery of our projects for years.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Oksana had fled her home on the city’s periphery for a friend’s home closer in on Feb. 24, the first day of the war, to escape the bombing on the outskirts.
    — Loveday Morris, Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The plantains are cut like fries, which to me aren’t as effective as slices, but that’s periphery.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 June 2022
  • Atop the heat dome is the jet stream, marking the southern periphery of cooler weather.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • But while Hadid’s triangle top stood out for its nostalgic appeal, the style has lurked on the fashion periphery in recent years as crop tops have remained a fixture.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 24 July 2024

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