Example Sentences

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Still, there are many in Festus who prefer to maintain their city as a semirural bedroom community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Xochimilco is a large, semirural district in the south of Mexico City, home to a vast network of canals surrounding farming plots called chinampas.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

The highest malnutrition death rates among older Californians from 2020 through 2022 were in rural or semirural counties: Lake, Merced, Butte, Tuolumne, and Sutter.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023

Kent in 2023 is nothing like the semirural valley of 40 years ago, said De’Sean Quinn, Metro assistant general manager.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

They had an interest, almost a charm, for Sophy, these semirural people and vehicles moving in an urban atmosphere, leading a life quite distinct from that of the daytime toilers on the same road. 

From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas