Example Sentences

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It was claimed that townsmen wanted to spare Alice Bailey from testifying in court.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

Hayes, like his L.A. townsmen, was a Southern sympathizer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021

Like other English monarchs, Elizabeth shared power with Parliament, a legislature that included the House of Lords for nobles and bishops and the House of Commons for members chosen by townsmen and rural landowners.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

“I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of.”

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017

They were not rough timid people like the fisher-folk of the Hands, but true townsmen, alert and sedate.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin