How to Use community in a Sentence

community

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  • The festival was a great way for the local community to get together.
  • People in the community wanted better police protection.
  • Many communities are facing budget problems.
  • This is a time to lean in and do the work in our community.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The kid has a heart of gold and will do great things in the community for many years to come.
    — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 22 May 2018
  • There’s a sense of community that comes with the N.B.A.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The best approach for the community would be to target the nodes.
    — Christopher Cox, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Due to the tight community, the shock of Jake’s age is starting to wear off, his dad said.
    — Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The center means a lot to our seniors and the center means a lot to the community.
    — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 11 July 2018
  • And the second is by providing something to the community over the course of the decade.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The changes haven’t altered the town’s sense of community.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Part of this is because of the deep respect the community has for Dave.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 29 July 2021
  • Police in the state are hired by local communities, the state or the tribes.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2019
  • At the same time, Black trans women are also the most at risk in the community.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Some students join for the sense of community and the chance to connect with friends.
    — cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • My community found out about it, and I was seen as this bad kid by all of the Mormons.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 12 July 2018
  • What more needs to be done to make sure that the people in your community can stay cool and stay safe?
    — Abc News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The elders of the community who have taught us how to survive.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 June 2017
  • The first half of the program is in detention, the second half in the community.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The Jheri curl was a sign of extreme abundance in the Black community.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some have said the film is a poor depiction of the trans community.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But poor rural communities bore the brunt of the damage.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But that wasn’t how Gosling wanted to paint the stunt community.
    — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
  • Some members of the Christian community fled their homes to escape the mob.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The downside is that no one polices the open-source community.
    — Jim Goldman, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • But the fence was also a kind of therapy for the community.
    — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
  • But the arrests may have stunned this community more than most.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 4 July 2017
  • The news has rocked the rural community in recent months.
    — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
  • And that just hasn’t been accessible for a community that hasn’t had a lot of generational wealth.
    — Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Rising Tide Award celebrates emergent artists of any age who inspire others by embodying the values and ideals of the folk community through their creative work, community role, and public voice.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025

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