Example sentences for: boroughs

How can you use “boroughs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I'm afraid that, out here, the Brooklyn Museum story is a trifle parish pump; although, as an ex-Manhattanite, I realize the five boroughs are one hell of a parish.

  • (You'd think he'd have learned a lesson about taking pot-shots at Africans in the outer boroughs.)

  • It has turned its back on the five boroughs to become a national newspaper, even purchasing the Boston Globe , while the Post has burrowed deeper locally.

  • ) … A piece celebrates Fred Trump, the Donald's no-nonsense father, who built a real-estate empire in the outer boroughs with hard work and no flash.

  • As someone who's lived in four of the five boroughs, whose family (on both sides) has lived in the city since arriving in America, and who worked for the City of New York, I am offended.


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