Examples of semirural in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Through the 1970s, the eastern parts of Montgomery were semirural and predominantly White except for a few historically African American towns. — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021 Annandale Acres is a diverse and welcoming community in a semirural part of Fairfax County, Va., just 13 miles outside Washington. — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 Bucha retains a semirural vibe despite the inevitable advance of urban sprawl: shopping centers, condo towers, health clubs. — Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2022 On the site stood three semirural villages—Palo Verde, Bishop, and La Loma—inhabited almost exclusively by Mexican Americans. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 Judd made his comments just hours after the quadruple homicide unfolded in the semirural community about a half-hour east of Tampa, and his investigators were still trying to figure out what happened. — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 The family settled on 2 1/2 acres of slash pine, sabal palm, and palmetto scrub in a sprawling semirural housing development on the outskirts of Naples, Florida, called Golden Gate Estates. — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021 In a broader sense, the concern among some locals is that Legoland is simply out of character for Goshen, which has a semirural feel despite being just 90 minutes from Manhattan. — Charles Passy, WSJ, 3 May 2021 Some people, particularly those in urban or semirural areas, may have two fridges, but the dominant reality is quite different. — Cynthia Greenlee, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021 See More

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