How to Use the suburbs in a Sentence

the suburbs

plural noun
  • What do the suburbs have to teach us now?
    — Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • What do the suburbs have to teach us now?
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Stacey is a city girl who moves to the suburbs and comes to life there.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Mowing the lawn is a must-do task in the suburbs.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
  • But then that’s not true in the suburbs either.
    — Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
  • This 1-mile loop appears to wind its way through the suburbs of the moon.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • My first jean jacket came from a garage sale in the suburbs of Iowa.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Its retail sector has long since fled to the suburbs.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps many once lived in the big city and bolted for the suburbs.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • There are also a lot of city dwellers who moved to the suburbs during covid.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
  • This place boasts the best lamb chops in all of Atlanta and the suburbs.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
  • The first was built in the suburbs of Phoenix and is slated to open this year.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • While many teams bear the city’s name, several play in the suburbs.
    — Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • In the end, many parts of Chicago and the suburbs saw well over half a foot.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Lows will be around freezing in the city and 20s for many of the suburbs.
    — Matthew Delucia, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Here is a list of some of the events in Milwaukee and in the suburbs.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • A lot of Americans live in the suburbs with a three-car garage.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • He was raised by his parents in the suburbs of Chicago.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Sadler co-runs a weekly drag brunch in the suburbs of Nashville.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Housing costs vary depending on the area, from the city to the suburbs.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
  • Read about that one and five more new restaurant in Chicago and the suburbs here.
    — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • White people left cities for the suburbs, taking jobs and tax revenues with them.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s how to take a weekend camping trip within the suburbs.
    — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Where do relationships go if not to the suburbs?
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Storms moved through the suburbs and into the city at 70 to 80 miles per hour.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • And my joke is that Norway is the suburbs of Europe.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Still, some kinds of businesses, like grocery stores, have been able to gain a foothold in the suburbs.
    — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Lows will range from the mid 40s in the suburbs to around 50 degrees in the city.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Or the priest electing to stay in the city and open his doors to at-risk youths even as most of his flock had fled to the suburbs.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • White people left the city of Detroit because the suburbs were open to them.
    — Michelle Adams, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

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