How to Use out-of-towner in a Sentence
out-of-towner
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The two out-of-towners band together to crack the case.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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At Cubs games, Jordan has seen far more out-of-towners in the seats over time.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
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The city’s restaurants are full of out-of-towners and hotel rooms are sold out.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
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The San Diego event isn’t just fun for the local teams, but out-of-towners who look forward to it all year.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
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Some locals point to rising rents as out-of-towners move in to fill SpaceX jobs.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Of course the weather impacts when out-of-towners tend to visit.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
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Congressional staffers and out-of-towners came to Union Pub hours ahead of the debate to get a seat.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
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Blackwell has fielded calls from out-of-towners who want to know if his store will be open.
—Dewayne Bevil Orlando Sentinel (tns), al, 1 June 2023
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Behind them, the line only grew — so long that an out-of-towner might not have guessed that scandal was afoot.
—Ella Quittner, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
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About half of their customers are locals and half are out-of-towners, Carroll said.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 2 May 2025
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It also should be noted that Bramble is not some out-of-touch out-of-towner.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
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Mary’s an out-of-towner from a small town outside of Winnipeg visiting New York for the first time.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 May 2025
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Need help explaining to out-of-towners how to pronounce Louisville?
—The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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The annual chef’s competition brings out some of the best Vail has to offer—with a few out-of-towners tossed in.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The bar, which features more than 120 Kentucky bourbons, is a favorite of locals and out-of-towners alike.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023
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Hotels in the Milwaukee area are hard to come by during RNC week, but out-of-towners can still find plenty of places to crash.
—Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
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As for now, their location across from Brooklyn Bridge Park is a good spot as the area attracts locals and out-of-towners.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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While fashion can be used as a tool to stand out, dressing like an out-of-towner draws attention for all the wrong reasons.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 June 2024
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On the eve of the wedding, the bride and groom brought the out-of-towners to Stockholm’s Pelikan restaurant, for a classic Swedish meal of herring and meatballs washed down with shots of schnapps.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2023
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The national convention is expected to draw tens of thousands of out-of-towners to the city.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
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With the influx of out-of-towners in mind, she’s even invited past employees who worked at the shop during their teen years to come back and help out.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2024
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For many in Cincinnati, that means hosting out-of-towners perhaps even into the weekend.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
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Read on for our edit of the best boutique hotels in New York City for out-of-towners and staycationers alike.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2024
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His office buildings were filling up with out-of-towners.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
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The presumption that an out-of-towner was going to swoop in and fix everything rankled.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
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One out-of-towner spoke about being a regular and finding refuge at the restaurant before moving out of the area.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
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Texture, not flavor, is the key to a dish that has attracted hundreds of out-of-towners in recent days, since the Beard awards were announced Feb. 22.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
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The visitor said his relatives have heard gunfire before but he wasn’t used to it as an out-of-towner.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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But even if the out-of-towners from Austin, Dallas, and beyond in the campgrounds along the river did receive these alerts on their phones, how many of them would have fully grasped the danger?
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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Mansions disguised as cabins became a secret hideaway for wealthy out-of-towners looking to ski Heavenly in the winter and enjoy a day on the lake in the summer.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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