How to Use tourist in a Sentence

tourist

noun
  • In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
  • The tourists defeated the home side.
  • The museums attract a lot of tourists.
  • Guests didn't feel like tourists.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Leo could bring even more tourists.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • There are tourists, just not the same ones.
    — Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
  • For three days, the tourists had to stay out.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • How should tourists dress in Paris?
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And few events bring tourists like the Olympics.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There should have been lines of tourists up and down the street.
    — Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • At one point, a tour guide led a group of tourists through the area.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Starmer had to contend with tourists.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • This includes trash left by tourists.
    — Mark Price april 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • What is the best way for tourists to get around Paris?
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Most tourists are day-trippers.
    — Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • They were joined on the ride by other tourist groups.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Still, many tourists have pointed to high prices in the city.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The plan will help bring more tourists and tax revenue to the city.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no shortage of cons or of grifters like this in tourist spots.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • What happened to man who killed Yosemite tourists?
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • Just treat him like some anonymous tourist and ignore him.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • No one knows that a tourist down there was shot multiple times.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The teen was a tourist visiting the park.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • And this year has a bevy of events expected to draw tourists.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha february 5, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • China already has dozens of tourist subs.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The rooms are not crowded and there are hardly any tourists who go there.
    — Miles Socha For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The lions liked to avoid tourists, so the elk cozied up to them.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The lions liked to avoid tourists, so the elk cozied up to them.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t a tourist cave tour with handrails and electric lighting.
    — Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There were no tourists, and no bars, restaurants or cafes either.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025

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