Vocabulary Word
Word: outskirts
Definition: fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston
Definition: fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston
Sentences Containing 'outskirts'
Artificial reservoirs are usually constructed on the near outskirts of a town in order that the frictional force lost in transmission may be reduced to a minimum.
However, on the outskirts changes were apparent enough; notably in dwelling house architecture.
As is customary in those cases, the boats at once separated, each making for some one lone whale on the outskirts of the shoal.
In 1409, Minkhaung invaded the south and reached the outskirts of Pegu.
Most of the killings took place in the outskirts of el-Kosheh, especially in the agriculture fields.
By October 1944, 4 Squadron was based at Deurne, Belgium, on the outskirts of Antwerp.
He is seen living in a trailer on the outskirts of town, mulling over his former life and drinking heavily.
By the 1860s rural cemeteries could be found on the outskirts of cities and smaller towns across the country.
The remains of the fort of Dude Khan can still be seen on the outskirts of the town.
Grew up in the outskirts of Flint Michigan with nine brothers and two sisters.
The majority were taken to the outskirts of Vilnius and executed at Ponary (Paneriai).
It failed principally because the cache of weapons which had been hidden on the outskirts of Cairo was found to be defective.
Polly Shortts is a hill on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
The outdoor school and street scenes were filmed at Troedrhiwgwair, a small village on the outskirts of Tredegar.
Buried at Aber Chapel on the outskirts of Talybont on Usk.
In 1407, Minkhaung invaded the south and reached the outskirts of Pegu.
It was on the south-western outskirts of Kurujangala and thus the whole of the Kuru Kingdom.
The castle occupies a rocky precipse above the River Churnet on the outskirts of the village of Alton, Staffordshire.
Capernwray Dive Centre can be found on the outskirts of the village.
The film is about the personalities of local street fighters and their agents; a group that has always been on the outskirts of society.
By 19 October, Yudenich's troops had reached the outskirts of the city.
The telescope was originally installed at Iso-Heikkilä Observatory on the outskirts of the city of Turku, Finland.
Anne and arrived at the outskirts of Lunenburg on May 8, 1756.
The railway works at Herston, on the outskirts of Swanage, are not physically connected to the running line.
However, earlier settlements could be found in the outskirts of today's city.
He was on the outskirts of the L.A. Rebellion, with most of the big players having left before he got to UCLA.
Cliff Williams was born on 14 December 1949 in Romford, Essex, on the outskirts of London.
Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Ben Johnson House is in the northern outskirts of Bardstown, Kentucky.
On 7 November the first French troops reached the outskirts of Hamelin, while more arrived on the 10th.
It is situated on the outskirts of Brigg, Lincolnshire.
Aso Rock is a large outcrop that is on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
Treneere is a residential council estate on the outskirts of Penzance, Cornwall, built in the 1930s.
The river runs in a northwest to southeast direction on the town outskirts.
He spent his early childhood in Sidcup, on the outskirts of London, before his family moved to Harrogate when he was 11.
The next day, government tanks were still advancing, fighting rebels on the outskirts of the city.
Opposition members claimed that the strikes destroyed numerous loyalist tanks near the captured hospital and on the outskirts of the city; the next day, however, witnesses confirmed that only tanks on the outskirts had been bombed, the damage being unknown, while those in the city had not been hit.
Pro-Gaddafi forces had retreated to the outskirts of the city.
The Bristol ring road also passes through the outskirts of Longwell Green.
They entered the northern outskirts of Colleville by 2100 but soon found themselves cut off by German counterattacks.
In 1936, the mound was at the outskirts of Mersin.
It was released in June 1993 as the lead single from their album, "Outskirts of Town".
Pooley Hall is a Manor house built in 1509 on the outskirts of Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.
But after all, the journey time was limited by the Rules of the River on the Paris Seine: in Paris and on its outskirts.
Salendine Nook is set in a picturesque location in the outskirts of Huddersfield.
Dexter lives in a grotto in the outskirts of Quetzo, under Iloka.
A Roman colony was on the outskirts of Borovitsa.
In 1409, Minkhaung invaded the south and reached the outskirts of Pegu's fortified walls.
It was quartered in French barracks at the Camp de Bluets, on the outskirts of the town of Romorantin.
The Samanids occupied the outskirts of Zarang but were unable to enter the city.