How to Use town in a Sentence

town

noun
  • The nearest shopping mall is two towns away.
  • We're heading to town later on.
  • The town plans to increase property taxes.
  • The whole town seemed weary of the search.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Many coastal towns have shops with e-bikes for rent.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Throw one on to romp around your house or to run around town.
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Davies went to town on the garden.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • From coast to coast, here are the best beach towns to call home.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Small towns can have big problems.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • This whole town is behind this.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • Their lives revolved around their small town.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Doors opened around town for a son of that father.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Without the artists, this town is not the same.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But, plans on shelves don’t protect our town.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And to him, this is bigger than one small town.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • His mother drove in from out of town to care for him.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This year, people still came to town for spring break.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Now, for the rest of what's going on around town.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Be sure to include your full name and your city/town.
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Be sure to include your full name and your city/town.
    — Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • But this wasn't any ice show that comes to your local town.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Five Texas towns are ranked in the top 15.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
  • All of these towns are in the Rust Belt.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s how to get a taste of this small town for yourself.
    — Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
  • Knight was out of town that Friday.
    — Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Linen lines the lanes of Porto's old town.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 3 June 2026
  • This Texas town just tied a heat record for winter.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Good luck not wanting to stay in town and join one of their many book clubs.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
  • When a storm crawls like this, rainfall piles up over the same towns for days.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The concerts are like living in a small town.
    — Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

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