jitney

Example Sentences

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But the second the jitney turns into the South Fork, and I start to see trees, my shoulders drop.”

From New York Times

“When I was younger and couldn’t afford an actual vacation, I would bring my toddler on an adventure I called ‘the bus to the boat to the jitney to the beach,’ ” Coven said.

From Seattle Times

He had just come from helping at his church’s soup kitchen and now was at Tops, volunteering in the community jitney service that shuttles people without a ride to and from the store.

From Seattle Times

Because cabdrivers refused to go there, residents relied for decades on private jitneys to get around — cars that followed set routes through the community.

From Washington Post

I couldn’t agree more with Brian Broome’s Nov. 9 Tuesday Opinion column, “So long, jitneys — and farewell to our connective tissue.”

From Washington Post