How to Use metro in a Sentence

metro

1 of 2 noun
  • The metro could see some flakes late.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This time last year, the price was $3 in the metro.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Along with the cold front, the metro saw some light rain overnight.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Open to all high school students in the metro.
    — Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The best way to explore the city is by foot and metro.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Records fell across the metro and in spots in the mountains.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Expect more brief bouts of rain as the storms race across the metro.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
  • If rain can make it into parts of the metro, some light snow could mix in.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In many ways, the city is building up throughout the metro.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Here's what to know about how tornado sirens work in the metro.
    — Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • March in the metro tied for the 11th-warmest month on record.
    — Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Rain totals varied across the metro.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Tuesday will bring rain to the metro, highs in the 40s and more clouds.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • While these metro areas can be pricey and packed at any time, things do slow down in winter.
    — Rocky Casale, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The band has been a frequent visitor to the metro.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That 3% decline ranked fourth-worst among the metros.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Check out our list of how the metro is celebrating this year.
    — Sofi Zeman may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • The metro will likely stay dry through the weekend and into next week.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That 2% decline ranked eighth-largest among the metros.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Also, feel free to inform me on restaurants to check out in the metro.
    — Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
  • That ranked 20th best among the 50 large metros.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This club has multiple group runs throughout the week across the metro.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • In the next two to three years, the metro won’t see as much of an excess in housing units.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That 50% drop was the fourth-largest among the 50 metros.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Any rain in the evening should remain north of the metro and fizzle into the night.
    — Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • In some metros the difference is much greater.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • And with June just around the corner, there’s even more to explore across the metro.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
  • Comfy enough to get me to the metro and back, and stylish enough for the bar à vin that came in between.
    — Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This two-bedroom home drops you in the center of that and is just a quick three-minute walk to the metro.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The forecast high in the metro is 9 below zero.
    — CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026

metro

2 of 2 adjective
  • Wednesday starts windy and near freezing for most metro areas.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Some metro city park programs, such as warming houses at ice rinks, were closed.
    — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 27 Dec. 2019
  • By the late afternoon and into the evening, the rain will fill in over both metro regions and may become heavy at times.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Practo also observed that parents in metro cities are the most active on the platform.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Newark is one of the three major airports serving metro New York City.
    — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 14 May 2018
  • In fact, people in metro cities are more or less confident than those in non-metros, according to the survey.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 24 June 2019
  • Portland, however, saw a bump in May that brought metro home sales to their highest level in nearly two years.
    — oregonlive.com, 25 June 2019
  • Lembke said, adding that developers now could build new housing around south metro Denver.
    — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Sunday in the metro New York area is expected to be sunny with highs in the mid 40s.
    — Johnny Diaz, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The 50 percent increase would be the largest single-year jump metro government has ever faced.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2017
  • If making money were a team sport, then metro Denver businesses would be heading to the playoffs.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 July 2019
  • That edition proved to be a savior, given tough competition in metro New York.
    — James Warren, The Hive, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Campbell, who owns rental homes in the area, said he had been stopped by another mobile metro unit officer days earlier for the same issues.
    — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The magazine ranks metro areas and states by the number of new or expansion corporate construction projects over the course of the year.
    — Stephen English, star-telegram, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Warming is to begin in earnest Thursday, with much of the metro area forecast to reach July-level highs in the mid-80s.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • In the summer, when metro Phoenix residents escape the desert heat and flee to the forests, the number can be 2,500 higher.
    — AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019
  • Even in metro New York, with nearly the longest commutes in the country, that average is 36 minutes.
    — Emily Badger, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The semifinalists emerged from a field of 180 students from metro area high schools, who were auditioned in March and April.
    — By Joe Henderson, kansascity.com, 14 June 2017
  • As for testing, out of the 18 counties with the highest positivity rate, 17 are non-metro counties.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Current forecasts called for Irma to head inland, putting it near metro Atlanta – home to the world’s busiest airport –by Tuesday.
    — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The metro Atlanta region has seen a 21 percent rise in home prices in the last three years, according to Re/Max Georgia.
    — Bill Torpy, ajc, 20 June 2018
  • According to the city's website, its metro area measures nearly 9,000 square miles -- an area larger than New Jersey.
    — Thom Patterson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The retailer is also looking for a city with large skilled workforce, a metro population of more than 1 million people and direct flights to the West Coast.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Events in metro New York are coming under close scrutiny due to an increase in cases in the city and, in particular, an outbreak in the suburb of New Rochelle.
    — David Welch / Bloomberg, Time, 11 Mar. 2020
  • On June 2 almost 3 million protestors took to the streets in Istanbul alone, about the entire metro population of Denver.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Surely Chicago, with a metro population of 9 million, can support 14 daily frequencies to destinations of 400,000-plus less than 150 miles away — especially when trains to both destinations can use the same track for the first 114 miles.
    — F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026

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