How to Use village in a Sentence

village

noun
  • Entire villages come to see the parade.
  • Then, from the fields around the village, came the sound of gunshots.
    Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Debris from cities and villages is brought here in dump trucks at all hours of the day.
    Nicole Tung, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • His best friend, Abdul White, came from the same village.
    Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • On June 27, a military jet struck a monastery in the village of Nyaung Kone.
    Weiyi Cai, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • The village is less than four hours from New York City or Boston.
    Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • However, the rental shop is a bit of a hike through the village to reach the main gondola.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The hotel is a quick hop to the West End, a village filled with restaurants and bars, and even closer to some dive sites.
    Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2024
  • And a Syrian woman and her two sons, ages 2 and 13, were killed in an airstrike in the Lebanese village of As-Sawana.
    Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This means another mile-long slog and a full tour of this pop-up village of dreams.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Creer said the last significant change to the village website was in 2016.
    Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The village of Two Harbors is there as well, with a general store to stock up on goods.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • After just a few hours, the military pulled out in the village was reopened once again.
    ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales stopped by the village's memorial garden to pay their respects to those who lost their lives there in 1966.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
  • To say that your village is proud of you is an understatement.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Dozens of them are buried in a cemetery clinging to a hillside in this western village.
    James Marson, wsj.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Her father, who was also born in St. George, became the village priest.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Summit Hotel Staying in the village grants you the easiest access to the slopes.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • He’s also relied on a small village set up to support Noah.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Even the most temporary village or house—even the briefest of human lives—leaves a signature behind in the soil.
    WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Almost a month after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israeli towns and villages, the war is far from over.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • That’s why the tribe is working to hire three Ilisaqtitchiriit in every North Slope village.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Each song is such a trek into the villages of the semi-damned that Starcatcher should include a coupon for a free Druid robe.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
  • Asher Benjamin designed the Old South Church that anchors the village.
    David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In the village of Kruhle, Russian fire killed two and wounded two civilians.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Everyone who lived in the village would get together and cook.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The debris was found in the vicinity of the village of Plauru, according to the Defense Ministry.
    Amar Nadhir, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Three of the farms were built in Bedouin villages up north where the majority of the residents no longer work in agriculture.
    Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The incident – in the village of Mu No – reduced the warehouse and surrounding area to rubble, drone footage showed.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN, 30 July 2023

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