Examples of villager in a Sentence
the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
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Rather than framing Kid’s community as an oppressed caste, religion, or tribe, the only visible culturally specific moment involves the villagers enjoying a marionette re-telling of the Ramayana, which is interrupted by incendiary violence.
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Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Suddenly everyone looks like European villagers and everything becomes a real monster movie.
—EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Over the course of the 20th century, the Mulanje Mountains became the top source of firewood for cooking for almost half a million villagers surrounding the reserve, aided and abetted by what is widely described as a corrupt Malawian forestry department.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
In recent years, abductions have been concentrated in the country’s northwestern and central regions, where dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for ransom.
—Chinedu Asadu, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
During Israel’s long occupation, Lebanese villagers crossed the border daily to work on Israeli farms and in the towns of the Galilee.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The villagers fled at the end of November, chased away by violent Israeli settlers living in outposts that Israel hasn't authorized, according to groups documenting violence in the West Bank.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
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Ancient English villagers who lived on platforms about six feet above a river enjoyed the high life, according to two new reports published by the University of Cambridge.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Suddenly everyone looks like European villagers and everything becomes a real monster movie.
—EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Over the course of the 20th century, the Mulanje Mountains became the top source of firewood for cooking for almost half a million villagers surrounding the reserve, aided and abetted by what is widely described as a corrupt Malawian forestry department.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
In recent years, abductions have been concentrated in the country’s northwestern and central regions, where dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for ransom.
—Chinedu Asadu, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
During Israel’s long occupation, Lebanese villagers crossed the border daily to work on Israeli farms and in the towns of the Galilee.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The villagers fled at the end of November, chased away by violent Israeli settlers living in outposts that Israel hasn't authorized, according to groups documenting violence in the West Bank.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
Ancient English villagers who lived on platforms about six feet above a river enjoyed the high life, according to two new reports published by the University of Cambridge.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villager. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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villager
noun
vil·lag·er
ˈvil-ij-ər 
: a person living in a village
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