How to Use community center in a Sentence

community center

noun
  • So how to serve, how to make those serve, to build more of a, a community center.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 May 2022
  • Where the profits are used to fund things like a school or community center.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Fees to play on the city's sports fields and rent its community centers would be higher.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Coffee shops have, in a lot of ways, filled a need that community centers once did.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Around the community center, killer weeds are lying about in plain sight.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Her red gloves with pearl clasps enter the tiny community center.
    — Nikky Finney, The Atlantic, 3 July 2024
  • Groves said his kids were in just a shirt and underwear while in the community center.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021
  • The agreement between the church and community center is for two months to see how things go.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Ward said that, when the pool is open, there could be a parking issue for the community center.
    — cleveland, 17 June 2021
  • The nights away from her children, who were passed out on a pair of armchairs in the community center.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 9 May 2022
  • The teacher's body was found near a community center within the park the next evening.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • There are community centers that help people look for and apply for jobs.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Alexander, who runs the park’s kitchen, wants a community center.
    — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • There and at the community center, numerous adults and kids watched the show.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2021
  • If inclement weather, the hunt will be moved to the community center.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The group filled up Bouse’s one-room community center, only a two-minute walk from the wells.
    — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The concrete walls of a community center collapsed in the storm.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Everyone in the community center put down their faux salads to stare at us.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Going for a job interview at a community center that hosts events for kids?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The third phase will be to build a community center, a process that will require planning and council votes.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Mothers were scared to bring their kids to the mosque, which also serves as a charter school and community center.
    — Mohamed Ibrahim and Amy Forliti, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The community center had initially not been on it, but was added by Krause.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Noel West, 89, lives across the street from the community center.
    — Ellie Kaufman, CNN, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Inquire at your local gym, community center or swim school.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Today, the community center is gone, as is what was a nearby schoolhouse.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Glay was the second-oldest of six siblings and lived with his mother not far from the community center.
    — Washington Post, 1 June 2021
  • On Thursday, Nawaff sat at the start of a line of chairs in a large, open room of the community center.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Oil money bought the county new paved roads, a large community center, and a new water system.
    — Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In one clip, a young girl dances in a community center gym on a Friday morning as other kids wait in line.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • John and Tavish were dressed in their new red and blue uniforms provided by the community center.
    — Damenica Ellis, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2025

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