streetcar

Example Sentences

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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

An-My, you chose Robert Frank’s picture of a streetcar in New Orleans, taken that year.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

The lady reached over to bring down my window too, but she stopped because there was a loud sound, and it wasn’t the clang of the streetcar.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli