In a sentence
Six example sentences with metropolitan, each labelled with its topic.
The metropolitan court handles more filings in a week than the county bench sees in an entire year.
Law
The tower's glass skin was designed for a metropolitan skyline, and it looks absurd beside the two story shops nearby.
Architecture
Wages in the metropolitan region run a third higher than in the farming districts two hours to the west.
Economics
A metropolitan transit pass covers the subway, the buses, and the ferry, so we never touched a taxi all week.
Travel
Metropolitan voters backed the rail bond by two to one, while every rural county in the state rejected it.
Politics
Metropolitan air is measurably warmer at night, since miles of pavement release the heat they soaked up all day.
Environment
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