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While not all townsfolk are accepting of trans folk, Lexy’s tattooed working class dad and mama bear mom — along with their female best friend — form an emotionally bulletproof circle that seems to allow the youngster to escape the labels of daughter or son and just be a kid.
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Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
The 1922 version's climax is more focused on Knock escaping and being hunted by the townsfolk because he's scapegoated for the plague.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
The townsfolk laugh along and cheer Roche on, but is this the entire story?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
The 1922 version's climax is more focused on Knock escaping and being hunted by the townsfolk because he's scapegoated for the plague.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
The townsfolk laugh along and cheer Roche on, but is this the entire story?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for townsfolk
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townsfolk. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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townsfolk
plural noun
towns·folk
ˈtau̇nz-ˌfōk 
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