How to Use townspeople in a Sentence

townspeople

plural noun

• The townspeople thought the end of the world was upon them.
  — Kevin R. Burgio, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2018
• But the townspeople of Lancashire didn’t want to work through the night.
  — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2019
• The main square was full of townspeople trying to douse the flames.
  — NBC News, 5 June 2019
• This of course, does not sit well with the townspeople or the town council.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2021
• Most of them, and most of the townspeople who greeted them, are dead.
  — Bob Greene, WSJ, 22 July 2018
• The church in Tongue held a special service, and the townspeople came out to grieve.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• And then there’s the make-up of Grover’s Corners itself: The townspeople are a mix of faiths and races.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
• It’s where the townspeople hid in their barns and basements.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 July 2021
• Now, the church bells that used to call the townspeople to mass served as a warning system.
  — Kyra Gurney, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• The townspeople would come to process their grain by day and enjoy drinks at night.
  — Sarah Pachter, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
• The bell is cast, and an army of townspeople gather to raise it on a scaffold, for a test.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• On a hill is the grove of trees that Manuel planted for townspeople to enjoy.
  — Matías Costa, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• The wharf shed washed away a few times, but it was always rebuilt by the townspeople.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2020
• More Secret Codes So far, the townspeople haven’t come up with much.
  — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
• After the roof of the church collapsed, townspeople dug through the rubble for hours to try and find the bodies of the victims.
  — Jillian Selzer, Cosmopolitan, 21 Sep. 2017
• Waving Ukrainian flags, the townspeople took to the streets.
  — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The townspeople don’t know if Carolyn is dead or alive.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• In one game, carts of live pigs were thrown from the top of the hill, leaving the townspeople below clamoring to catch the meat.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• Do all of the nice townspeople have to vacate Main Street by Christmas?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
• The roar of the water and debris blotted out townspeople’s cries for help.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
• Each year, the town and the townspeople get covered in colored flour, which is thrown on locals and tourists alike.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
• Because of that mist, all of the townspeople are being held for fear of dark magic.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Can the townspeople put a stop to the (wildly creative) murders?
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
• The idea works but sews dissension among the townspeople.
  — Jeffrey Sipe, Variety, 7 Oct. 2021
• The townspeople have requested that the United States destroy the weapons and save their lives.
  — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2019
• A few dozen townspeople came to watch, setting up lawn chairs near the table that held the the winners' trophies.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2020
• Having interviews with some of the townspeople brings it all home.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
• The real heroes are the townspeople, who never stopped searching for the marsupial on the run.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
• The film follows several townspeople who try to decide what to do with a dead body.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
• The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.
  — Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026