sleeper car
Example Sentences
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The beds, which are clustered in a common area, are fully enclosed “pods” with a privacy curtain, similar to a train sleeper car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2025
At the time of the derailment, Zach Schneider was in the viewing car and his wife, Rebecca, was in the sleeper car, which was the last car of the train, court documents said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021
In many ways their home feels like a railroad sleeper car, but even more cramped and uncomfortable, and with none of the charm or romanticism that comes with train travel.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017
Courtesy of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection/Library of Congress Lew Wallace was making conversation with the other gentlemen in his sleeper car when a man in a nightgown appeared in the doorway.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013
Along with assorted friends and family members—for a total of forty travelers—they had piled into a luxurious sleeper car, named Benares, provided by the Chicago & Alton Railroad.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
