How to Use vicinity in a Sentence

vicinity

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  • The tiles date to the 1930s, and many houses in the vicinity used them.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a pair of them that always nest in the vicinity.
    — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Today, the tidal flat is in the vicinity of King Street Station.
    — Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Hundreds were in the vicinity when the SUV struck at least 67 people along the parade route.
    — Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • At its peak, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, about forty thousand people lived in the vicinity.
    — David Treuer, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The number of trees of various heights in the vicinity indicates how long he’s been in the game.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His approval ratings are in the same vicinity now as when Trump lost the 2020 election.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Plus, a number of art galleries, restaurants and high-end shops are in the vicinity.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • The following day, West spotted the president at the front of a group of racers in the same vicinity.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The same applies to cars: The average vehicle in the US is now somewhere in the vicinity of 12 years.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Shannon said there was no sign of lightning in the vicinity when the fire started at 1 p.m. Monday.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Madison is closed in both directions in the vicinity at this time.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 June 2023
  • Towns are in the vicinity of State Highway 49, which runs north-south about an hour east of Sacramento.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Roads will be closed in the vicinity and will reopen at 3 p.m. For a list of road closures and times, and for details on the parade, visit irishamericanparade.com.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The body of a dead man was found Sunday in an underground drainage tunnel in Live Oak — the second to be found in the vicinity in about three weeks.
    — Michelle Del Rey, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The deaths occurred in the vicinity of Highway 99, a major north-south route for the Central Valley, which was flooded by the storm.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Patrol officers were in the vicinity around the time of the shooting, Krotki said.
    — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The Way of Water appears more likely to end its run somewhere in the vicinity of about $1.7 billion.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The fighting remains fierce in the vicinity as Ukrainian forces have dug in to resist the Russian assault.
    — Tyler Hicks Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • Controls in the vicinity have also been tightened, the ministry said.
    — Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • However, the cost of rent and the percentage of single people in the vicinity were much lower than in Tokyo.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Arctic Command is still in contact with relevant ships in the vicinity, which could be able to help the cruise ship free.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Whenever the two are in the same vicinity, not-so-innocent remarks from the older man send Adam off the deep end.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 18 June 2024
  • Good places to head to in the vicinity include Cleary Summit, about 20 miles from Fairbanks, which is easy to get to, has good parking, and has a solid view of the horizon.
    — Jamie Carter, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But Fernandez said in a follow up phone call that five were found to be most in need, but others in the vicinity will be able to apply as well.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Members of the attacking 4th and 5th Texas regiments were in the vicinity.
    — Phil Gast, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The big whitetail stayed in the vicinity, however, and with its core area located, the brothers hung two stands to catch the buck exiting his bed in the evenings.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Because of the comet’s vicinity to the sun, however, sky watchers will need to work hard to spot it—the comet will be visible close to the horizon around dawn or dusk.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The ship’s wreckage is expected to be discovered in the vicinity.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 18 July 2024
  • There were horses in the vicinity at the time of the incident and her medical team said the head injuries were consistent with impact from a horse’s head or legs.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 28 June 2024

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