How to Use village in a Sentence

village

noun
  • Entire villages come to see the parade.
  • The village will be open to adding to the plaza as time moves along.
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • There is more going on in the village.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Popeyes has not yet been approved by the village.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That could be a big boost for the village’s budget.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What does the tiny house village include?
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Turn right and walk straight through the village, the letter said.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Then, from the fields around the village, came the sound of gunshots.
    — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.
    — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 27 June 2022
  • Down the road from the village church lies Marsh Farm.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Debris from cities and villages is brought here in dump trucks at all hours of the day.
    — Nicole Tung, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Visit the park’s towns and villages.
    — Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • His firm sued the village in 2021.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The village may be one of the most isolated in the world.
    — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The tiny home village was erected on the other side of the fence.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • It is named often these days in the list of villages rehearsed on the news.
    — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • All across the village weeds and debris rule the land around the houses.
    — Leslie T. Chang, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Josephus knew the village firsthand and had even lived there for a time.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The mayor said the village will pay for the hardware.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Medina, like many who work here, comes from a village not far away.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In southern Lebanon, many were forced to flee their villages.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
  • Children from the village climb the roof when the apples ripen.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Her dream was to one day return to her village and purchase land to build a house.
    — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Teams sprouted in towns and villages across the region.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • She could be seen strolling through a scenic park and posing on a village street corner.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • The village wanted to use the strip of land from Hase’s lot to widen a road.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This means another mile-long slog and a full tour of this pop-up village of dreams.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Enel has a spot in the fan village in Cortina, where events are livestreamed.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Binksmith has big plans for the village’s future.
    — Tharin Pillay, Time, 4 Nov. 2025

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