CARRIAGE in a Sentence

Learn CARRIAGE 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.

225 example sentences for CARRIAGE, such as:

1. The carriage left a trail of dust.
2. I could push his carriage well enough.
3. We'll be sitting in the second carriage.
4. He posted in private carriages to London.
5. I thought perhaps you could push his carriage.

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 Meanings and Examples of CARRIAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
carriage
 n.  characteristic way of bearing one's body
 n.  a machine part that carries something else
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Mary sat in her corner of the railway carriage and looked plain and fretful.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  And she turned her face toward the streaming panes of the window of the railway carriage and gazed out at the gray rain-storm which looked as if it would go on forever and ever.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  The guard lighted the lamps in the carriage, and Mrs. Medlock cheered up very much over her tea and chicken and beef.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Mary saw that it was a smart carriage and that it was a smart footman who helped her in.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  The carriage lamps cast rays of light a little distance ahead of them and she caught glimpses of the things they passed.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  She leaned forward and pressed her face against the window just as the carriage gave a big jolt.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The road went up and down, and several times the carriage passed over a little bridge beneath which water rushed very fast with a great deal of noise.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  At first Mary thought that there were no lights at all in the windows, but as she got out of the carriage she saw that one room in a corner upstairs showed a dull glow.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  I thought perhaps you could push his carriage.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  I could push his carriage well enough.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  From the roof inside the carriage, umbrellas, walking-sticks, hats, and sundry other articles were depending, and hindered the view, which was particularly imposing.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
12  Shoes and a muff were given her; she was, too, dressed very nicely; and when she was about to set off, a new carriage stopped before the door.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
13  The Prince and the Princess assisted her into the carriage themselves, and wished her all success.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
14  The carriage was lined inside with sugar-plums, and in the seats were fruits and gingerbread.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
15  He flew into a tree, and beat his black wings as long as he could see the carriage, that shone from afar like a sunbeam.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
Example Sentence:
1  The President-elect followed in an open carriage drawn by six beautiful gray horses.
2  Smokers and nonsmokers can not be equally free in the same railway carriage.
3  The driver's whip snapped and our carriage ran fast.
4  They battled strong winds and heavy rains in their carriage.
5  The carriage left a trail of dust.
6  Because of the large crowd in the street the carriage was unable to pass.
7  We'll be sitting in the second carriage.
8  Fairfax the exact day of my return; for I did not wish either car or carriage to meet me at Millcote.
9  As we re-entered the carriage, and I sat back feverish and fagged, I remembered what, in the hurry of events, dark and bright, I had wholly forgotten -- the letter of my uncle, John Eyre.
10  The streets are scarcely wide enough for a carriage to pass, and the lanes are but a flea's leap across— a measurement that naturally occurs here.
11  They coupled the carriages of the train together.
12  The train will stop at the next station to join two more carriages on.
13  He posted in private carriages to London.
14  The carriages could not be called luxurious; to be frank, they were cattle-trucks.
15  The carriages were engulfed in flames with terrifying speed.