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.
  • In the sixth episode, the Hos are back out on the town.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Fans still came in droves when the Ravens were in town.
    — Austin Hewitt, Baltimore Sun, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The flames roared right over the tree, rooted in the heart of town, at the ocean's edge.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
  • Recession is the talk of the town—or the street, that is.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • But the Magic City didn’t make the cut of the friendliest towns in the South.
    — Patrick McCreless, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
  • The Dodgers have a new star in town, and his name is Freddie.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Still: The event drew a big crowd for a small, rural town.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Throw one on to romp around your house or to run around town.
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, all of the top 10 spots on the list were claimed by Southern towns and cities.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That was enough for Grau to skip town and end up in Switzerland.
    — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Dozens of soldiers were posted at the entrance to the town.
    — Eduardo Verdugo, ajc, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Dozens of new graves have been dug in a cemetery on the town’s outskirts.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Good luck not wanting to stay in town and join one of their many book clubs.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Plus, as is Karlovy Vary tradition, the stars came out to the Czech spa town.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
  • About a month or two later, Quentin came to town for the weekend.
    — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The footage was captured in Vang Vieng, a town in the northwest region of Laos.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The 23 acres being offered to the town are adjacent and to the west of the 52-acre parcel.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This dive bar and restaurant in the coastal town of San Leon is for guests 18 and up only.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 July 2022
  • Last summer, my kids and I moved away from the city, into a big house in a small town.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
  • With three towns on the list, Spain takes the honor of being the country with the most winners.
    — María Casbas, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Whether on the water or around town, these are my go-to for just about anything.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The area is bereft of banks or transportation to get to the west side of town, where most of the well-paying jobs are.
    — Lori Teresa Yearwood, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The kids were warned to be careful, to avoid certain slivers of town.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Pour a damn fine cup of coffee and see what the cast has been up to since the '90s cult classic first left town.
    — EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Or simply planning your next big night out on the town?
    — Vogue, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The bucolic splendor of Waitsfield, Vermont, is the obvious muse behind one of the ski town’s recent new builds.
    — Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 26 May 2025
  • Georgia is home to sweeping farmlands and soaring mountain ranges, lush pine forests and breezy barrier islands, and even bustling cities and charming small towns.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 May 2025

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