Examples of suburbia in a Sentence
a problem that is common in suburbia
the percentage of the country's population living in suburbia
The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.
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Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick lives quietly in suburbia until a neighbor's suspicious death draws attention to her and the decades-old secret she's tried to bury.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
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Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Get an exclusive look at Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defending suburbia against dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
Over time, the pond filled with bass and bluegill and became a magnet for wildlife — blue herons, cranes, geese, mallards, and the kind of nighttime soundtrack that makes the place feel far removed from suburbia.
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David Caraccio
may 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Get an exclusive look at Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defending suburbia against dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street.
—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
Over time, the pond filled with bass and bluegill and became a magnet for wildlife — blue herons, cranes, geese, mallards, and the kind of nighttime soundtrack that makes the place feel far removed from suburbia.
—
David Caraccio
may 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for suburbia
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suburbia. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 
: the suburbs of a city
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