How to Use the suburbs in a Sentence

the suburbs

plural noun
Definition of the suburbsnext
  • The first was built in the suburbs of Phoenix and is slated to open this year.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The largest change was observed in the suburbs, where the report found the win rate dropped from 54% to 34%.
    — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the GOP has lost its advantage in the suburbs in the Trump era.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
  • My first jean jacket came from a garage sale in the suburbs of Iowa.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • On the eve of the 1960s, Americans who lived in cities started to move to the suburbs.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Housing costs vary depending on the area, from the city to the suburbs.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
  • Read about that one and five more new restaurant in Chicago and the suburbs here.
    — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There are also a lot of city dwellers who moved to the suburbs during covid.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
  • Sadler co-runs a weekly drag brunch in the suburbs of Nashville.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • They got married young, had children, and moved to the suburbs.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Still, others could be searching for a home in the suburbs.
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
  • White people left the city of Detroit because the suburbs were open to them.
    — Michelle Adams, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • In the winter, there are the endless routes in Red Rock, the canyon that begins just beyond the suburbs.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • That night back in the suburbs, Kate cuts out pictures of William and hangs them on her bedroom walls.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Partial clearing Friday night with lows ranging from the 30s in the suburbs to near 40 in the city.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
  • A lot of the folks in Johnson’s world were moving out to find cheaper and newer places in the suburbs.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Still, some kinds of businesses, like grocery stores, have been able to gain a foothold in the suburbs.
    — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The Millers are both from Minnesota and began dating in high school in the suburbs of St. Paul.
    — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Pamela Karam, 33, is a graphic designer who lives in the suburbs of Paris.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • Adjustments to the suburbs aside, the move had a silver lining for the couple.
    — Kait Hanson, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The road, which is located south of El Camino and runs more than a mile through the suburbs, was last updated in 2001.
    — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • And second, the Democrats may have found an issue advantage in the suburbs.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For instance, that large home in the suburbs might have been a good place to raise a family or commute to work.
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s how to take a weekend camping trip within the suburbs.
    — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Most of the action takes place in a truck-stop complex owned by Ardennes, alongside a highway in the suburbs of Paris.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
  • But in September, on the second day of school, 15-year-old Nicolas killed himself in the suburbs of Paris.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The trailheads near the spot where Walker disappeared are on the edge of the suburbs just below Mt. Wilson.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • Three days later, Miller said, a box from Philips arrived at her two-bedroom home in the suburbs of Atlanta.
    — Margaret Fleming, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But calmer winds had helped firefighters near Athens get the upper hand on a number of fires burning in the suburbs.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Those viewing from the suburbs will see about 10 meteors per hour and city dwellers are likely to see none at all.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Aug. 2023

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