the country

noun

1

: the people who live in a country

The whole country was stunned by the news.

The President has the support of most of the country.

2

: land that is away from big towns and cities : countryside

She lives out in the country.

They prefer the country to the city.

Examples of the country in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Without one, the country risks stalling tools central to its competitiveness, or building them at the expense of the communities next door. — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

People in the country longer may have more opportunities to contest their removal while the government typically has greater authority to fast-track deportations for people arrested at the border. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Red Line for Civil Rights sought to pull all of the relevant cases from federal dockets across the country and conduct an analysis of their status and how they were terminated. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Its eventual output will help determine how much of the country’s large-caliber weapons demand domestic industry can meet. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the country

• backcountry
• countrie
• intercountry