How to Use small-town in a Sentence

small-town

adjective
  • Lisa is a bubbly small-town gal ready for big love.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Full of small-town charm and humor, this book is a sweet treat.
    — Laura Wood, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • Alex is a small-town Ohio teacher who prefers a good book.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There’s this almost utopian small-town feel to it.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026
  • Yeah, a small-town kind of put-together.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This cake is rich with chocolate—and small-town mystery.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Texas’ coastline offers its own small-town charm, too.
    — Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But a decades-old case of small-town beauty queen murders might cost them their lives.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • What gets in the way of college for small-town and rural students?
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The morning mist, the shade, and the small-town feel draw people in and won’t let go.
    — Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Not bad for a guy who made his name writing five-minute, gut-punch folk songs about small-town malaise.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 May 2026
  • The show did capture the decline of small-town papers, though.
    — David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That gets into the tropes the movie’s playing with — a small-town boy goes to the big city, right?
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 25 Dec. 2024
  • What would a Zach Bryan small-town theatrical epic sound like?
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 July 2024
  • Over the course of several weeks, the team immersed itself in small-town life.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Cheyenne could be a great choice for retirees who want a small-town feel with easy access to big-city amenities.
    — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
  • With an extra day off in your pocket, why not trade the desert sun for cooler climes and quirky small-town vibes?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The ideal trip here marries the best of both small-town charm and windswept coastal beauty — here's how to do it.
    — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
  • His mom, from small-town Mississippi, played blues and gospel records at home.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Whether this small-town wrestling league can support new faces and new competitors is the focus now.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 28 July 2023
  • Residents have mixed feelings about the growth, rising costs and loss of small-town charm.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Downtown Landrum has plenty of small-town charm.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Come experience the small-town charm.
    — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Though Tucson is a big city, the fair still has the charm of a small-town get-together.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • Season 1 plays out sort of like a small-town mystery that just so happens to take place at the end of the world.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 June 2023
  • The series is based on a small-town writer with a knack for solving real-life murders.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • To him, Tavernier is one of those places in the Keys that still has local, small-town charm.
    — Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The result is a getaway that balances small-town charm with cultural depth.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Vermont's Upper Valley is putting a fresh spin on small-town life.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The couple moved to Eureka Springs as adults for its small-town feel and arts.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 July 2024

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