How to Use semirural in a Sentence

semirural

adjective
  • Most are rural or semirural towns, where social distancing was never a challenge.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
  • In rural and semirural parts of Washington (including Chehalis), the rate is even lower.
    — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • Masks have been mandatory in the state capital, Melbourne, and a neighboring semirural district for the past week.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2020
  • On the eastern edge of Bushwick, the train burst out of the ground, into daylight, and lumbered down a stretch that looked semirural, with cemeteries on the left.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
  • Its path through the south suburbs was semirural until the postwar housing boom made the surrounding population explode.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell grew up on a sheep farm in semirural Vermont to a soundtrack of folk ballads and protest music.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 June 2016
  • His father disappeared before he was born and his mother deposited him with her parents on a semirural New Jersey farm.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
  • More satellites could mean the company wants to serve more users, particularly in areas that are rural or semirural and have few options for internet access.
    — Samantha Masunagastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • On a recent Saturday night, gunmen killed six people and injured 22 in a bar in the semirural town of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc.
    — Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 5 July 2017
  • Some people, particularly those in urban or semirural areas, may have two fridges, but the dominant reality is quite different.
    — Cynthia Greenlee, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Kris lives with her little sister and chronically ill grandmother (Keeli Wheeler) in a semirural neighborhood in Texas.
    — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Although local concerns at the time focused on the potential effect of traffic as the primary threat to the semirural character of the area, there was a bigger danger lurking beneath the surface of the scenic foothills.
    — Scott Garner, latimes.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The semirural character of the town, accentuated by the surrounding rugged terrain, made Chatsworth a popular filming location for westerns.
    — Scott Garner, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • Judd made his comments just hours after the quadruple homicide unfolded in the semirural community about a half-hour east of Tampa, and his investigators were still trying to figure out what happened.
    — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
  • In a broader sense, the concern among some locals is that Legoland is simply out of character for Goshen, which has a semirural feel despite being just 90 minutes from Manhattan.
    — Charles Passy, WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • That comes on top of frequent longstanding opposition of new suburban-style developments in rural and semirural areas from residents who want to keep more people and traffic congestion out of their bucolic surroundings.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • History can seem thick on the ground in this quaint, prosperous town of 2,000 in semirural central New Jersey, not far from where Washington crossed the Delaware.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Recently, conservationists and downtown neighborhood groups have bitterly opposed his support of a cruise ship terminal at the city docks, as well as the extension of an interstate highway connector over a semirural island suburb.
    — John Huey, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2015
  • In 1961, the neighborhood incorporated in order to stave off annexation by Los Angeles and preserve its semirural character.
    — Scott Garner, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • Through the 1970s, the eastern parts of Montgomery were semirural and predominantly White except for a few historically African American towns.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Management areas are often located in rural or semirural parts of the state and are periodically visited by DEP employees and local law enforcement, but not generally staffed, gated — or even equipped with trash receptacles.
    — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The story takes place one summer in a working-class, semirural Baltimore suburb, and Porterfield introduces his young, directionless characters with documentary-style Q&As that are disarming in their candor and authenticity.
    — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 4 June 2018

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