How to Use metropolis in a Sentence

metropolis

noun

• Among the top things to do in Austin is get a bird's-eye view of the metropolis at Mount Bonnell, one of the city's highest points at 781 feet.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
• The program is to occur in Shanghai, a bustling metropolis known as the Paris of the East and home to more than 26 million people.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• The difference — the first book spanning a metropolis, the second confined to a dwelling — is telling.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• Brightline is planning to roll out a new high-speed train between the two metropolises in 2027.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
• The patriots were the good guys — and good guys wouldn’t set fire to their most important metropolis.
  — Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• To live in a river-delta metropolis like Bangkok is to buy a ticket for a climate-change lottery.
  — Pitchaya Sudbanthad, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
• Gangs of Lagos is a crime thriller set in the neighborhood of Isale Eko in the Nigerian metropolis.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
• The capital of one of the world's most glorious empires, Cairo is a sprawling metropolis set along the banks of the Nile River.
  — Livia Hengel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• But Dubai, an ultra-modern metropolis built on desert sands, could be fertile ground for the trend.
  — Nick El Hajj, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• Each part of the large metropolis holds the key to unlocking a world full of subculture and history.
  — Kareema Bee, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
• Phoenix and surrounding communities are about to host Super Bowl 57, and the eyes of the nation and world are on the desert metropolis.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
• Modeling in clay was a way to process the paintings and sculpture the young man was discovering in the art metropolis of the Western world.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• In the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, cases remained in the triple digits all week, with a new high of 783 on Thursday.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2022
• In the sprawling metropolis outside his office, the homes kept going up.
  — Christopher Flavelle Adriana Zehbrauskas, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• The desert metropolis that has grown rapidly in recent years is hosting this year's Super Bowl.
  — Chris Malloy, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2023
• And so each sick metropolis takes a few tentative steps — putting in a single streetcar line, say, or painting a few bike lanes.
  — Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
• Many small cities from the past have now blossomed into major metropolises.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• Organizers said that due to the rain, the gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City — the temporary metropolis that springs up each year in the desert — remained closed as of 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Some demographers predict that by the 2030s, Dallas — now the largest metropolis in Texas — could replace Chicago as the third-largest metro area in the nation.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 22 May 2023
• But a few days in any of Brazil’s metropolises or beyond will make clear that, regardless, the Yankees cap is perhaps the country’s hottest headwear.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• The home takes up four floors, which is the ultimate luxury in New York City, a metropolis known for its tight spaces and compact apartments.
  — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
• The city of Phoenix has seen a string of deadly heat, and the temperature in Arizona's largest metropolis is forecasted to pass 110 degrees for the next seven days.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 15 July 2023
• If that happens, New York will have squandered its best shot at remaining a world-class metropolis.
  — Curbed, 31 May 2023
• In the western metropolis of Chengdu; Guangzhou, in the country’s south; and Nanjing, in the east, protesters called for an end to the lockdowns that have paralyzed lives and livelihoods.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
• Round Top is far from a metropolis, with something around 90 residents, and is perhaps best known for its antique fairs.
  — Katharine Jose, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
• From metropolises with massive celebrations to charming mountain towns, these are the best places to go for New Year's Eve.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
• The measure was the latest effort by Parisian officials to combat pollution in one of the world’s most beloved metropolises.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• But if a trip to the vibrant Moroccan metropolis isn’t in the cards, consider this posh pick from Tocca coupling heady, rich notes of patchouli and amber.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• In a surprising twist, Tokyo, Japan—a bustling metropolis where tradition meets modernity—secures the fourth spot on the list.
  — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Chicago beat out Atlanta and New York City, drawing ire from both metropolises.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024