How to Use subway in a Sentence
subway
noun
- I took the subway to midtown.
- No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
- I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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The child’s death is now the fourth — and youngest — child to die this year by subway surfing.
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Charna Flam,
Peoplemag,
17 Sep. 2024
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The death, as Fox 11 reports, marks the 11th killing in the New York subway system this year.
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Brenton Blanchet,
Peoplemag,
10 Dec. 2022
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Of course there are going to be a lot of Ghostface masks on the subway.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Mar. 2023
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The same is true when you’re stuck in traffic or inside the subway.
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Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes,
2 Oct. 2024
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New York man to be charged in the subway chokehold killing of Jordan Neely.
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Elvia Limón,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2023
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The Brazilian fan said people asked to snap photos with him on the subway ride to the game.
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Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
12 Sep. 2024
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By most measures, the subways are no more dangerous than the rest of the city.
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Brandon Del Pozo,
New York Daily News,
15 Dec. 2024
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Would the coats’ hems gather grime on a subway platform or catch in a taxi’s door?
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Charlie Teasdale,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2023
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The backsplash is a mix of textured 8-inch-by-2.5-inch white Cloe subway tiles.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2022
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Leah writes: My boyfriend, Matt, refers to subway lines by color.
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John Hodgman,
New York Times,
20 July 2023
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Here’s a great piece from this week: Who rides the subway in Los Angeles?
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Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Dec. 2023
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There was such a good feeling, like people high-fiving on the subway, that was the glue.
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Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2023
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Like many, the 19-year-old began subway surfing in his mid-teens.
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Joshua Needelman,
Curbed,
16 Aug. 2023
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The jurors, for their part, filed out of the courtroom and, perhaps, boarded the subway home.
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Adam Iscoe,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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But it’s taken to the absurd of what a subway system could be like.
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Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Aug. 2024
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Five bridges connect it to the three boroughs, and the city's subway system is a bus ride or walk away.
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CBS News,
19 Oct. 2022
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Men and women on the streets, subways, and elsewhere, in an opiate haze.
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Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
8 Dec. 2023
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Yeah, even Michael Myers was just standing there on the subway.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2023
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The rest of the 13-minute chronicles the process of shooting the video on the streets of New York, including a freestyle dance scene in a subway station.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 Mar. 2023
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Walking around set those five days on the subway was one of the funniest weeks of moviemaking.
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Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2023
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The ministry placed ads in subway stations, at bus stops and in store windows.
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Sarah A. Topol,
New York Times,
20 Sep. 2024
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In Tokyo, for almost two months, the subways would be free for everybody.
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Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2023
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Send the police, send in the Guard — many have come to believe that, regardless, the subway is going to be the subway.
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Michael Wilson,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2024
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The building it was set in was so cavernous that two real subway cars used in one scene looked small.
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Lisa Rosen,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug. 2023
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The people around us move awkwardly to dodge the stinky subway water.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
25 July 2023
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These include replacing the white subway tile in the bathroom and the black quartz countertops in the kitchen and bath.
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Richard A. Marini,
San Antonio Express-News,
26 Aug. 2022
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The case marked the second fatality on a New York subway Sunday.
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Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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