All 4 Uses of
suburban
in
The War of the Worlds
- Every minute a fresh gun came into position until, before twilight, every copse, every row of suburban villas on the hilly slopes about Kingston and Richmond, masked an expectant black muzzle.†
Chpt 1.13
- The public would be fairly warned of the approach of danger, and elaborate measures were being taken for the protection of the people in the threatened southwestern suburbs.†
Chpt 1.14
- These were chiefly people from the northern suburbs, whose knowledge of the Black Smoke came by hearsay.†
Chpt 1.17 *
- The detachment of the plaster had left a vertical slit open in the debris, and by raising myself cautiously across a beam I was able to see out of this gap into what had been overnight a quiet suburban roadway.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(suburban) relating to a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded