Example Sentences

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"At the time, I was pregnant with our first child and we wanted to live rurally," said Ms Pelly.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

If you lived rurally, if you saw what happens when people’s intentions outstretch their abilities, you would know.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

But we live rurally, and I’ve known and worked with some teachers over the years, and there is a lot I don’t love.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2021

Those are the sorts of use cases that open up when you get to talking about not just connectivity rurally, but 5G specifically, that are pretty exciting.

From The Verge • Jun. 15, 2021

Oh, say, have you seen at the Willows so green— So charming and rurally true— A singular bird, with a manner absurd, Which they call the Australian Emeu?

From Complete Poetical Works by Harte, Bret