City Dweller In A Sentence - Cambridge Dictionary

city dweller collocation in English

meanings of city and dweller

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with city or dweller. citynoun [C]uk /ˈsɪt.i/us /ˈsɪt̬.i/ a ... See more at citydwellernounuk /ˈdwel.ər/us /ˈdwel.ɚ/ a person who lives in a city, town, ... See more at dweller

(Definition of city and dweller from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of city dweller

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The words are spoken by a young city dweller, using a 'we' that both includes and addresses the beloved. From the Cambridge English Corpus To my mind one of the great drawbacks and defects of our modern civilisation is the divorce of the city dweller from the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, are the rural workers at long last to have the right to conditions which are comparable with those of the city dweller? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the sheer convenience of the motor car, although for the city dweller it is a diminishing convenience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those problems are largely hidden from the gaze of the city dweller by the leafy surrounds in which they exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from giving the city dweller the freedom to get out of the city at weekends, it has created an absolute revolution in the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One cannot expect the city dweller and the urban industrialist to understand this, but it is very deep-seated in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is one measurement of the differences of approach between the city dweller and the dweller outside the city boundary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We learned during the war that apparently it is only in wartime that the city dweller becomes concerned with food production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city dweller has a rosy view of agriculture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those figures are surprising for a town or city dweller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city dweller lives tightly packed on the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often the city dweller has no idea where his food comes from or what it costs to produce it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city dweller rarely uses his lungs to their physiological limit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the city dweller, angling is often his only contact with the countryside and nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is accessible to all, and it is impossible to escape its impact, because it shapes the form and setting in which the city dweller lives and moves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of city Go to the definition of dweller See other collocations with city See other collocations with dweller {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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• Definition of city
• Definition of dweller
• Examples of city dweller
• Other collocations with city
• Other collocations with dweller