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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:

The Viet Cong were driven away from the outskirts of Saigon and isolated in pockets.
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 Japan Railways Keihin-Tohoku line takes about 40 minutes from Tokyo to Sakuragi-cho Station in Yokohama; the faster shinkansen leaves you off at Shin-Yokohama, on the outskirts of the city.
There is often a strong smell from the oil pumps on the resort’s outskirts.
Two museums on the city outskirts are well worth the trip.