Example sentences for: small-town

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

  • A "glorified Mighty Ducks for grown-ups" (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today ) pretty much sums up the reaction to this tale of a small-town hockey team that gets a chance to play the New York Rangers.

  • For the past two decades or so, All My Children's Susan Lucci has waged a scorched-earth campaign against small-town feminine niceness.

  • Somewhat dubious “talent schools” sprang up, catering to small-town girls who hoped to emulate film stars such as Mary Pickford.

  • It's worth noting that Robinson knew small-town life and also suffering; he was destitute until President Theodore Roosevelt, directed by one of the Roosevelt children to a book of Robinson's, created a government job for the poet.

  • As a tragically repressed and alcoholic small-town cop, Nolte conveys a "fierce, anguished intensity" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Critics say Schrader's style is a perfect match for Russell Banks' novel, and that the director "has hit, in this exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production, a new, deep level of artistry" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Only complaint: The voice-over narration by Willem Dafoe (as Nolte's brother) is a bit stilted and portentous.


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