How to Use community in a Sentence

community

noun
  • 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.
  • Sign up for community alerts in your area as well.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But to have them here in your community, that’s huge.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • And one of the great things about this show was being in community in that way.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The community at large could feel safer.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Young men and women can get a sense of community here.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • She’s been living in the community for decades and has seen tides of faces come and go.
    — Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But the arrests may have stunned this community more than most.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 4 July 2017
  • The community is speaking to us now at fever pitch.
    — Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • How does Iwobi give back to the community?
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • But the community is not confined to that area.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • Safe, smart and for the community.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • What should communities know about this?
    — Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Such acts cause real harm to communities of faith.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Police said there was no threat to the community.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • What a role model he's been to all the other kids in the community.
    — Cassidy Wood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • What kind of community has gathered around the store?
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Some have said the film is a poor depiction of the trans community.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Some students join for the sense of community and the chance to connect with friends.
    — cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Police in the state are hired by local communities, the state or the tribes.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The elders of the community who have taught us how to survive.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 June 2017
  • Cohn says donating blood is an easy way to help the community.
    — Taylor Avery, USA TODAY, 23 June 2021
  • And what can the lobsters that this community revolves around tell us about life on the shore?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And in the past, the community has acted as stewards of the site.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
  • This is the moment when both your community and your country should be able to show up for you.
    — Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Jia’s helpful at home as well as in the community, her father said.
    — Pramika Kadari, Dallas News, 3 July 2020

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