How to Use the country in a Sentence

the country

noun
  • But the country faces quite a slog to achieve that.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In much of the country, the leaves are turning.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, caustic rhetoric is as old as the country.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
  • That's a choice that the country is making.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Clay shooting and archery add to the country house vibe.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Here, the best back road ghost stories from across the country.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The case made headlines around the country.
    — Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There were ten teen-agers who’d travelled from around the country with their dads.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Davidson had been ranked #1 in the country for weeks.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Colorado has some of the strongest laws for pets in the country.
    — Ed Sayres, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Not to mention, these panfish can be caught all over the country.
    — Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • See you back next week with more stories of justice from across the country.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is a roundup of people throughout the country.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Studies show voter fraud is rare across the country.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Brightline West will be true high-speed rail, first time in the country.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Here are all the tracks the country star has confirmed are about his estranged wife.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Deadly storms this spring have killed dozens of people across a wide swath of the country.
    — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Philon was a pleasant surprise and has the chance to be one of the best guards in the country.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Food banks across the country say they are being stretched thin because of the sheer amount of need.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Now, the country with the most wolves in Europe is Italy.
    — Greg Dixon, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Across most of the country, gas prices are well within the $3 per gallon range.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Gas prices remained steady for most of the country on Friday.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Hunter numbers are dropping across the country.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As if the truth of the city and the country cannot be kept from rising to the surface of the ground.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Parents in some corners of the country are concerned by the spike.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Over this time, investors must spend at least 105 days in the country.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The only problem is, this woman just moved across the country for him.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • These are adult athletes at the top women’s swim program in the country.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Her Derby parties are known all over the country.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The clashes have since spread to several parts of the country.
    — Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023

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