How do you use the word "countrywide" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "countrywide": The countrywide tour was a huge success. The company offered countrywide shipping services.

Countrywide Meaning

/ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjThroughout a country.

Sentence Examples

The countrywide tour was a huge success.

The company offered countrywide shipping services.

The police launched a countrywide search for the missing suspect.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

nationwide comprehensive

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The new law required a ____ ban on single-use plastics to reduce pollution.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ tour was a huge success.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta Old French contreebor. Middle English contre English country Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English countrywide From country + -wide.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages." — 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377:

"Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops." — 1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253:

"…America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide." — 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, “The Memorial Building a Living Tribute”, in Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:

"On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide." — 1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press,, →ISBN, page 259:

"The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide." — 2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–217:

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