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Example sentences for: outskirts

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

Having erected a megalomaniac monument to his own ego, a lavish see-through office tower in the distant outskirts, Croker finds that his company's assets are suddenly less than its liabilities.
The Viet Cong were driven away from the outskirts of Saigon and isolated in pockets.
Citizens of the capital of St. John’s are “townees,” those on the outskirts “bay-men,” and the towns beyond are known as “outports.”
The monuments of modern Marbella cling to the hills on the western outskirts.
There is often a strong smell from the oil pumps on the resort’s outskirts.