How to Use big-city in a Sentence

big-city

adjective

• Many people thrive in the hustle and bustle of big-city life.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
• Both were tucked away in the hills near major cities but the antithesis of big-city life.
  — Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
• Then the cameras shut off and Williams took another glance at the throng of reporters, a big-city flex for the big day.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• Part of the aim is connecting big-city poets on the coasts with small-town rural poets across the span of the US.
  — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• The new normal for big-city transit agencies is the off-peak rider.
  — Curbed, 18 May 2023
• Of the 34 women big-city mayors, over 50% are women of color.
  — Kelly Dittmar, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• The chapel is an excellent starting point to shake the clutter of big-city living from your mind.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
• Away from the big-city lights in Sonoma, a young Ada Limón spent countless hours peering out at the stars with her dad’s telescope.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Once one of dozens of big-city tabloids, the Post now stands alone as the last truly influential local tabloid.
  — Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
• But this is a good second choice, as far as getting inside a big-city market.
  — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 July 2025
• That’s not to say that the big-city fires of the past were strictly natural phenomena.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• For a big-city civic museum, the Carnegie in Pittsburgh is an idiosyncratic place.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• More than 20 years later, Chloe is a high school guidance counselor in New York City but big-city life is far from a fairytale.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• That’s low compared with the 9.85% top rate in big-city Minnesota, but South Dakota doesn’t tax income at all.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
• And actually, metro Chicago is still one of the most affordable big-city markets in the U.S.
  — Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
• Even though New York gets all the big-city buzz, Chicago should not be overlooked when planning an urban getaway with your girls.
  — Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• Abbott has butted heads with big-city mayors over the migrant crisis at the southern border.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
• Bringing a little big-city hustle to Austin’s dining scene.
  — Kitty Greenwald, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• West Ham has enjoyed more victories than the Giants managed but remain in the bottom half of the table, like their big-city cousins across the pond.
  — Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
• Hawco plays Andrew Matthews, Maggie's big-city boyfriend who tries to entice her back to Boston.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025
• For months, Democratic members of Congress and big-city mayors have urged Biden to take stronger action.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
• Stage, with the clean, modern lines of its spacious dining room and leafy outdoor patio, brought big-city buzz to a once monotone patch of Palm Beach County.
  — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• From the big-city hustle of Kolkata to the onetime Mughal outpost of Murshidabad, with rural towns and villages in between, getting a taste of life Ganges-style was a breeze.
  — Alex Greggery, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
• The outsider—most often a big-city visitor—always decides to stay.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• But a donation to an elite, big-city medical school is unlikely to be much help, experts told me.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
• The big-city protagonist never reenters her apartment alone—and still a cynic—in the finale.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• Visitors and residents alike come to Decatur looking for a break from big-city life — for a chance to breathe, slow down and feel connected.
  — Christopher Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
• That role at America's hottest big-city zoo has never been more critical.
  — Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• Sports, let’s face it, are a big-city thing.
  — Will Leitch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
• Wash it down with a frozen cocktail made with Murrell’s Row Spirits that would rival any big-city bar.
  — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026