TAXI in a Sentence

Learn TAXI 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.
40 example sentences for TAXI, such as:
1. I suggest you take a taxi.
2. A taxi passed by just a moment ago.
3. I think you said you came in a taxi.
4. I offered to pay the cost of the taxi.
5. But I'd be glad if you'd order me the taxi.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TAXI
taxi
 v.  ride in a taxicab
 n.  a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  I was so excited that when I got into a taxi with him I didn't hardly know I wasn't getting into a subway train.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  As my taxi groaned away I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  But I'd be glad if you'd order me the taxi.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  As I tiptoed from the porch I heard my taxi feeling its way along the dark road toward the house.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  , with his watch in his hand, decided to take a taxi - he had already been delayed by half an hour and there was no need to make the delay any longer.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The...
8  But there was no explanation needed anyway as just then the taxi arrived, they sat inside and set off.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The...
9  But he turned back round straight away and leant comfortably into the corner of the taxi without even having made the effort to see anyone.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The...
10  The taxi stopped in front of a dark building.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
11  He took a taxi to the cathedral, at the last moment he had remembered the album that he had had no opportunity to give to the Italian earlier and so took it with him now.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
12  I think you said you came in a taxi.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
13  You shall go up and down and round the town in a taxi every day.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
14  The girl took a boy in the taxi to give him a jaunt.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
15  You have, Eliza; and in future you shall have as many taxis as you want.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  A taxi passed by just a moment ago.
2  The taxi driver was obviously in the wrong in going ahead against the red light.
3  Let's not take a taxi; we can easily walk over.
4  Don't worry, your luggage will come on afterwards by taxi.
5  I offered to pay the cost of the taxi.
6  The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club.
7  I took a taxi from the station to the hotel.
8  The taxi pranged up a truck and the driver got killed immediately.
9  If you are going my way, perhaps we can share a taxi.
10  I suggest you take a taxi.
11  She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to.
12  He used to be a mail carrier for many years; now he is trying his second job: taxi driver.
13  The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip used to curse his passenger.
14  This is the famous Sydney Opera House at night - picture taken from a water taxi in the harbour.
15  In Thailand, the Jatukam Ramathep amulet is popular with everyone from Bangkok bankers to village taxi drivers.