SUBURBAN in a Sentence

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A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUBURBAN
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suburban
 a.  relating to a suburb; boring and having no excitement
Classic Sentence:
1  One or two persons, in brushing past them, lingered to look; for Miss Bart was a figure to arrest even the suburban traveller rushing to his last train.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
2  She walked back through Wilmette and Evanston, discovered new forms of suburban architecture, and remembered her desire to recreate villages.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
4  At last, by a sudden impulse, just as our train was crawling out of a suburban station, he sprang on to the platform and pulled me out after him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
5  As we went further, we met fewer and fewer people, till at last we were somewhat surprised when we met even the patrol of horse police going their usual suburban round.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  It is, thanks to the suburban man of Paris, that the Revolution, mixed with arms, conquers Europe.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S
Example Sentence:
1  Crowds of fans gathered outside the Bachchan residence in suburban Mumbai as news of the engagement spread.
2  I see an aquamarine swimming pool, an aluminum garage, a suburban lawn.
3  His appeal extends beyond the old Republican base of suburban country club whites.