How to Use borough in a Sentence

borough

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  • The ice plant was built when the borough was booming, at the turn of the last century.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Twenty-seven were born in the state of New York, and most of those in the five boroughs.
    — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In New York City, that mulch is supplied to parks around the five boroughs, Ulfelder said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Spitting for her home borough, Brooke closed out the night with fire.
    — Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The rise is surprising in part because the cost of living in the borough has soared.
    — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, the city seems closer as far as going out to other boroughs with Uber.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Those incidents all took place in the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In New York, the most buyer-friendly borough, the Bronx, still ranked just 58th overall.
    — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Like many children in this borough of New York City, her son has asthma.
    — Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The band announced the album with the help of Fallon, who joined them in the London borough of Hackney about the new music last month.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • New York has set up more than 200 shelters across the five boroughs, and some residents have protested the sites.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Renters in search of better deals may have turned to outer boroughs, pushing up costs there.
    — Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Bring your pooch for $50 per day (service pets are free) and enjoy all that New York’s coolest borough has to offer.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 24 Feb. 2023
  • This fragrance, inspired by the borough's jazz club scene, has woodsy notes of smooth cocktails and smoking cigars.
    — Claire Stern, ELLE, 10 Feb. 2023
  • My legendary status helped put my broken borough on the map.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The film centers on 23-year-old Franky, a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Richards was no longer borough mayor at the time, having lost reelection in 2018.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The full ad also includes a phone number in Hackney, a borough in London.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Flash flood warnings were issued across all five New York City boroughs on Friday as heavy rain hit the region.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The topography of the borough of Far Hills in north central New Jersey is gently rolling.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Knicks fans as annoying as ever in New York’s sixth borough.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Teenagers in this upscale borough of Berks County flocked to the mall after school, gathering in the food court or around the two bubbling fountains.
    — Kate King, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • In the east London borough of Hackney, one councilor and his family were sent death threats due to their support for the programme.
    — Andrew Kersley, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The game makes excellent use of the city as a battle arena, drama stage and playground, as battles explode with speed and splash across the boroughs.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The average sales price of a home in the borough was more than $2 million, a 3% quarter-over-quarter increase, and a nearly 4% year-over-year increase.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Without further ado, here's our list of the best museums in New York City, featuring spots in all five boroughs.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The Brooklyn borough of New York has long attracted writers.
    — Anne Stein, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Manhattan wasn’t the only borough hit with higher rent.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The borough of Plum urged people to stay away from Rustic Ridge in the immediate aftermath of the explosion.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Walking alone in the borough and experiencing it and making sense of it by myself.
    — Anne Stein, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023

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