CITY in a Sentence

Learn CITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
312 example sentences for CITY, such as:
1. I moved to this city six years ago.
2. The city was heavily defended against attack.
3. The city is calm again after yesterday's riots.
4. The only access to the city is across the bridge.
5. We are going on a tour of the city this afternoon.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CITY
city
 n.  a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
 n.  an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
Classic Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
1  I should have founded a city for him in Argos, and built him a house.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
2  In this disguise he entered the city of Troy, and no one said anything to him.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
3  They were astounded when they heard this, for they had made sure that Telemachus had not gone to the city of Neleus.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
4  Tell me also your country, nation, and city, that our ships may shape their purpose accordingly and take you there.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
5  When I had set sail thence the wind took me first to Ismarus, which is the city of the Cicons.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
6  But Minerva went to the fair city of Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses' son that he was to return at once.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XV
7  I will go the round of the city begging as I needs must, to see if any one will give me a drink and a piece of bread.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XV
8  Later on the swineherd will bring me to the city disguised as a miserable old beggar.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
9  You killed many a man in those days, and it was through your stratagem that Priam's city was taken.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
10  The next morning at sun-rise we continued our march, and arrived within two hundred yards of the city gates about noon.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
11  I viewed the town on my left hand, which looked like the painted scene of a city in a theatre.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
12  The city is an exact square, each side of the wall being five hundred feet long.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
13  This city stands upon almost two equal parts, on each side the river that passes through.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV.
14  The rich shoemaker in the city took the measure of her little foot.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE RED SHOES
15  But there was a great ball in the city, to which Karen was invited.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE RED SHOES
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
2  The administration of city schools was centralized last year.
3  After the pubs close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
4  At five o'clock in the afternoon the city streets are a series of bottlenecks.
5  We are going on a tour of the city this afternoon.
6  The city is calm again after yesterday's riots.
7  I moved to this city six years ago.
8  The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
9  Overdoses were the single biggest killer among the city's young.
10  The city is a height of three hundred feet above sea level.
11  This part of the city was a no-go area for the police.
12  Many people are living in encampments around the city with no electricity or running water.
13  The enemy troops moved in on the city and began to attack at dawn.
14  The city was heavily defended against attack.
15  The only access to the city is across the bridge.