- present tense form of bridge (3rd person singular).
bridges
Example Sentences
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Most major U.S. cities rely on multiyear capital improvement plans to schedule spending on roads, bridges, parks and buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Several trekkers and their guides say their journeys back down the mountains have been treacherous, taking up to three or four days and requiring them to pass collapsed roads and swept-away bridges.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Over 5,000 remain missing in Nepal since the tsunami-like waves swept away roads, bridges and settlements in the mountainous regions up north, and battered crucial hydropower projects.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
As more than two million freshmen arrive at college this fall, many are encountering civic-dialogue programs—an effort to build bridges across political divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
What remained was the artificial lake and island with its two stone bridges supporting the driveway, and, by the waters edge, a crumbling stuccoed temple.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
