“Economic activity within the country was at an all-time high.”

“The army's morale would reflect that of the country as a whole.”

“Wireless technology has been a godsend in connecting the country to the outside world.”

“Here, the exiled speaker asks a fellow countryman if the same pleasant breeze blows across the borders.”

“The man in charge is a countryman through and through, who enjoys getting the country message across to visitors.”

“I still like the story of the time when an old countryman met a bureaucrat down a country lane.”

“Try the Hunter Valley for wine and cheese tasting, take in the countryside, and enjoy a fun day out.”

“She enjoys spending time by herself, and prefers the countryside to the city.”

“Local elites abandoned the countryside for towns and had little contact with the peasantry.”

“While some may consider her a countrywoman due to her rural upbringing, she defies stereotypes through her broad knowledge and refined taste acquired over years of exploration and self-education.”

“I met a countrywoman while traveling abroad who shared the same pride and love for our homeland.”

“But her fellow countrywoman was following a different race plan that allowed her to maintain boat speed for longer.”

“When I did go out, the streets were thronged with people, the countryfolk having come in for miles around.”

“In the Middle Ages the countryfolk from the Auvergne district distinguished themselves in Paris by being able to sell water.”

“However, the same writer made a poem on the tricks of countryfolk, which is by no means devoid of merit.”

“I eat my Venison With my neighbours in the Countrie, and present not My phesants, partridges, and growse to the userer, Nor ever yet paid brokage to his scrivener.”

“We saw not their hue, but we recognized their cry as that of our countrypeople.”

“Old Sir John lies buried at Cuby, and the countrypeople talk of the last bearer of the name with bated breath.”

“And the worst of it is my countrypeople seem to think it's the smart thing to go to them, which they do most indiscriminately.”

“Most are probably unaware that one of their countrywomen is considered the most beautiful in the world.”

“They're well-mannered countrywomen — they would never come on the first day I'm back.”

“Murray's absence from yesterday's schedule of play did little to dissuade his loyal countrywomen from turning out in force.”

“It was an active search for things that go bump in the night in the castle-filled countrysides of Scotland and Ireland.”

“It was shot during several journeys on the meeting of the people in countrysides.”

“We live in the middle of one of the greatest fruit-producing countrysides across this entire nation.”

“And though he is never less than insightful, it's tempting to divine a special quickening when Heaney writes about his countrymen.”

“I have a few burning national issues to share with my fellow countrymen and women.”

“We all speak the same language as our countrymen and know of roti, cowheel soup, callaloo and all the other indigenous dishes.”

“Those countries first have to have access to knowledge and the ability to use knowledge.”

“Indeed, many countries do nothing with their bombed buildings, but leave them looking like rotten teeth in a nice smile.”

“For first world countries at least, contemporary warfare is waged primarily from the skies.”