How to Use suburbia in a Sentence

suburbia

noun
  • The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.
  • Unlike the big plots of suburbia, space is, well, a bit tight.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2024
  • These days, coyotes live on the edge of, and even in, suburbia.
    — Toby Walrath, Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
  • At the same time, the sprawl of agriculture is matched by a sprawl of suburbia.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • That helped lead to the spread of suburbia, as in other cities across the country.
    — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Blowe said in his video that success doesn’t mean a house in suburbia with a white picket fence.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The bumblebees have not made the move to suburbia, so they are seldom seen.
    — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
  • As a result, Subarus were just a bit too avant-garde to cut it in suburbia.
    — Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Your piece of modern suburbia is complete with a white picket fence.
    — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
  • This isn’t suburbia so don’t be tempted to get a roomy vehicle.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
  • The third-of-an acre lot looked more like the Tallgrass Prairie than a yard in suburbia.
    — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2018
  • Places like fire-prone suburbia saw a surge in home buyer demand over the last two years, causing prices to jump.
    — Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The far West Side of Cleveland is a slice of suburbia in the city.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • And Balfe is there again, in the movie’s best scene—no cars, no crowds, simply a sunny day in suburbia.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The settings were very far from suburbia, and the heroines were not at all like Cushman.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Joe says Shirley Jackson wrote that suburbia is where people go to come apart.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2021
  • In suburbia, the plight of Franzen’s housewives is of a piece with their entrapment.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Very into the idea of literal suburbia being the cause of at least one death this season.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2021
  • This time, however, the twists and turns don’t take place in suburbia, but in the picturesque south of Italy.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • Today, the open range has been replaced by cities and suburbia and many rodeos are held in larger than life stadiums.
    — Katie Jackson, Fox News, 13 June 2017
  • The face that launched the sport from bootleggers’ back roads into the living rooms of modern suburbia.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 July 2017
  • Along the way, the show does an admirable job of critiquing suburbia, teen culture and the status quo, but with lots of heart, too.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
  • The snakes clearly thrive in the swamps of the Everglades, but is suburbia suitable?
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
  • In late-nineties suburbia, Pettitt struggled to find a model for this future life.
    — Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The redesign creates a kind of airborne suburbia, paving the skies far out into what was the countryside.
    — Andrew Blum, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2009
  • Of all the superfluous structures in suburbia, none cries for purpose quite as loudly as the garage.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The first two episodes provided the actual killing and the darkest of details of suburbia.
    — Dallas News, 10 May 2022
  • The utopian sheen of American suburbia is a mere lick of paint over the dark forces of fear, greed, and violence.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The episode begins with a cheery Saturday in suburbia, with the sound of children's laughter and ice cream trucks.
    — John Blake, CNN, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The other America, rooted more in the past, thrives in the smaller towns and cities, as well as large swaths of suburbia.
    — Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2017

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