How to Use small-town in a Sentence

small-town

adjective
Definition of small-townnext
  • But Thomasville’s small-town charm has come through since.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • That gets into the tropes the movie’s playing with — a small-town boy goes to the big city, right?
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The city, with its warts-and-all friendliness, has a small-town feel.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
  • What gets in the way of college for small-town and rural students?
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Season 1 plays out sort of like a small-town mystery that just so happens to take place at the end of the world.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 June 2023
  • The ideal trip here marries the best of both small-town charm and windswept coastal beauty — here's how to do it.
    — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The couple moved to Eureka Springs as adults for its small-town feel and arts.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 July 2024
  • Peyton, who is 57, was raised in small-town Connecticut, the youngest of five.
    — Jenny Comita, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But a decades-old case of small-town beauty queen murders might cost them their lives.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • More love, drama, and small-town charm coming your way.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • What would a Zach Bryan small-town theatrical epic sound like?
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 July 2024
  • Cheyenne could be a great choice for retirees who want a small-town feel with easy access to big-city amenities.
    — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
  • This sparkling spritz has cozy apple and vanilla notes that feel just right for a small-town Alaskan Christmas.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There are no bumpkins in Hamaguchi’s movie, either—no one who can be reduced to a small-town, salt-of-the-earth cliché.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
  • So many books have been written about the anger in small-town America and why people went for Trump.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Her final summer in small-town Kentucky is off to a great start, when all of a sudden, things take a turn.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • In the ‘80s, small-town Greeley, Colorado was a quiet place to set down roots and raise a family.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The place is typical small-town bar kitsch, with dollar bills stuck to the ceiling and mounted elk and deer heads.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • His mom, from small-town Mississippi, played blues and gospel records at home.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Whether this small-town wrestling league can support new faces and new competitors is the focus now.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 28 July 2023
  • So it's been fun coming from small-town Alaska to be in a city with lots of stuff going on, music, art and all that.
    — Simone Manuel, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Vermont's Upper Valley is putting a fresh spin on small-town life.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The location provides a laidback, small-town feel and is a short car ride from the vibrance of Dallas-Fort Worth.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • Golden likes to think of itself as a small town with small-town values and this is the complete opposite of that.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Maine is full of small-town charm that often gets overlooked when visitors flock to the southernmost parts of the state.
    — Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The director’s latest film is The 4:30 Movie, which serves as a love letter to small-town cinemas.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The bottom line: Swapping the city for small-town living might seem like a money-saving move, but with price tags like these, think again.
    — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The citizens want to see the city maintain its small-town charm but want to see the empty buildings filled with shops and businesses.
    — Gregory Richter, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The film, which came out in 2004, tells the story of two small-town teen-agers, Brian and Neil, who were molested as kids by their Little League coach.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This blues-rock track captures both the struggle and pride of small-town life, delivered through emotive vocals and raw guitar riffs.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 4 Feb. 2025

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