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Example sentences from the Web for outskirtsThe next day, after driving to Putney on the outskirts of London, we start the end of our journey. Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day. Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias?|Jamie Dettmer|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST By pure chance I had been posted to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, SHAPE, on the outskirts of Paris. I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk|Clive Irving|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST He blames Ukrainian officials for violating the ceasefire agreement and shelling the outskirts of Donetsk city. Ukraine Could Explode in the Next 48 Hours|Anna Nemtsova|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are sitting in a ragged park behind a McDonalds restaurant on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital. Corruption Eats Away at Ukraine Military|Charles McPhedran|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST They had drifted from the outskirts of the crowded table and found themselves in the thinner crowd of saunterers. Septimus|William J. Locke Numerous carriages were standing on the outskirts of the crowd. Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII)|Charles Paul de Kock There were scouts on the outskirts, to whom the priest said, "Has the magistrate arrived?" A Secret Inheritance (Volume 2 of 3)|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon A few of the other boys had stayed out to see the fun, and were lounging around the outskirts of the corral. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6)|John McElroy A stand was made on the outskirts of the town, but before night the fighting was taking place in the streets of the town. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry|Unknown
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pl n(sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city Words nearby outskirtsoutsing, out sister, outsit, outsize, outskirt, outskirts, outsleep, outsmart, outsoar, outsold, outsole Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to outskirtsperiphery, environs, vicinity, suburb, edge, limit, purlieu, boundary, border, outpost, sticks, purlieus, suburbia |