RAILROAD in a Sentence

Learn RAILROAD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
104 example sentences for RAILROAD, such as:
1. Then the railroad building era really began.
2. Born of a railroad, Atlanta grew as its railroads grew.
3. The workers were railroaded into signing the agreement.
4. And they hadn't lost the railroad at their back, either.
5. At USA the network of railroads hasn't increased in past decades.
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 Meanings and Examples of RAILROAD
railroad
 v.  supply with railroad lines
 n.  line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Classic Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1  Then the railroad building era really began.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  From the old city of Augusta, a second railroad was extended westward across the state to connect with the new road to Tennessee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  From the same junction point, the young Atlanta, a fourth railroad was constructed southwestward to Montgomery and Mobile.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Born of a railroad, Atlanta grew as its railroads grew.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  And the stores and warehouses along the railroad track near the depot, which were part of her inheritance, had tripled in value since the war began.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Sherman inexorably advanced, step by step, swinging his army about them in a wide curve, forcing another retreat to defend the railroad at their back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  And they hadn't lost the railroad at their back, either.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  He touched up the mare with the whip and she trotted briskly across Five Points and across the railroad tracks that cut the town in two.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  The Confederates could expect no more reinforcements, whereas the railroad, which the Yankees now held from Tennessee south to the battle line, brought Sherman fresh troops and supplies daily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  On the day after the change in command, the Yankee general struck swiftly at the little town of Decatur, six miles beyond Atlanta, captured it and cut the railroad there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  This was the railroad connecting Atlanta with Augusta, with Charleston, and Wilmington and with Virginia.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  The townsfolk sheltered as best they could in cellars, in holes in the ground and in shallow tunnels dug in railroad cuts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  The railroad from Atlanta to Tennessee was now in Sherman's hands for its full length.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  His army was across the railroad to the east and he had cut the railroad running southwest to Alabama.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  Only the one railroad to the south, to Macon and Savannah, was still open.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  The hospital was crowded, we believe the railroad accident to maim lots of people.
2  The Resistance used to sabotage railroad operations during the war.
3  In the capacious rotunda of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train.
4  After we reached the railroad terminus, we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.
5  The railroad gives free transportation for a certain amount of baggage.
6  At USA the network of railroads hasn't increased in past decades.
7  The workers were railroaded into signing the agreement.