How to Use outskirt in a Sentence

outskirt

noun
  • On the outskirts, yet still in the middle of the road.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • On the outskirts Farr has lived in Goodlettsville most of his life.
    — Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 18 July 2025
  • This is his eighth spring training here on the outskirts of Phoenix.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 14 Feb. 2018
  • That address is for a small home on the dusty, northwest outskirts of the city.
    — Jason Pohl, azcentral, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Driving along the ice in search of tracks, the hunter found fresh sign on the outskirts of the village.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Five or so cars were initially parked in the church's lot, with a few more lined up on the outskirts.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The suspect lived in the outskirts of Villach and his house has been searched.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2025
  • On the outskirts of the city centre, the shoppers queue to buy their groceries.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The river drew back its reaches from the modern outskirts first.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • My parents lived on the outskirts, and there wasn’t a cinema there.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Alan was on the outskirts of the crowd, hoping for, and sometimes getting, a smile.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
  • In recent days, the military has ramped up strikes on the city’s outskirts.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Black smoke rises on the outskirts of Moscow.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • The fighting has largely been confined to the city's outskirts.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj, Fox News, 4 July 2018
  • The districts closest to downtown don't change at all, and most of the shifts are on the outskirts of the city.
    — Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The result is that the workers are forced out of the center of the towns towards the outskirts.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, the family has moved to the outskirts of London.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The church was actually a crypt, beneath a church, on the outskirts.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2023
  • After some passes around the outskirts of the box, Forsberg cranked a shot from the half moon.
    — The Associated Press, New York Times, 5 July 2018
  • The colder temps will be on the outskirts of the city, while the warmer values are more likely downtown.
    — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • On the outskirts of Sweida, groups of them gathered in front of buildings that had been set ablaze.
    — Ghaith Alsayed, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • Near the lines, agents stood on balconies overlooking the winding crowds, and walked on the outskirts of the area.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Not in a remote jungle or the deep ocean floor, but in a drainage canal on the outskirts of one of the world’s biggest cities.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • On the outskirts of Vịnh Mốc, bamboo trees sway in the wind above a line of streetfood shacks.
    — Pavlo Fedykovych, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • Last week, a female fox cub was found alone in a garden on the city's outskirts, with no sign of her mother nearby.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The report found that the most moves were to suburban areas on the outskirts of major cities.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That would price a lot of buyers out of the market, and keep those who have been sidelined since rates went up last year on the outskirts.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • Boys wait for bread at a bakery in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
  • All of them sit on the outskirts of Keller, creating a strong demand for housing.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The film takes place in a shantytown constructed on a garbage dump on the outskirts of Tokyo.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 2 Feb. 2018

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