the suburbs

plural noun

: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city

the suburbs of Chicago

also : one of the suburbs of a city

She left the city and moved to the suburbs.

Examples of the suburbs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With Prague Boats, a two-hour trip takes you out into the suburbs for a leisurely journey through a different side of Prague. — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026

Open during the golden age of outdoor theaters, the McHenry is the only remaining drive-in in the suburbs. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Upon graduating, they each married women from Staten Island — with Keith acting as Paul’s best man — and moved to homes in the suburbs of New Jersey that were about 20 minutes apart. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

But for one more summer, there’s Wednesday night hockey in the suburbs, the tickets are cheap, the autographs are free, and the arena is air conditioned in the midst of a brutal heat wave. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 July 2026