TRAM in a Sentence

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24 example sentences for TRAM, such as:

1. That's why she came with me to the tram.
2. She would have five shillings clear after paying tram fare.
3. On the empty seats of the tram were scattered a few coloured tickets.
4. Cigarettes every night she'd bring me and paying the tram out and back.
5. They stood on the steps of the tram, he on the upper, she on the lower.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRAM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tram
 n.  a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
 v.  travel by tram
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  On the empty seats of the tram were scattered a few coloured tickets.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  That's why she came with me to the tram.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  But he did neither: and, when he was sitting alone in the deserted tram, he tore his ticket into shreds and stared gloomily at the corrugated footboard.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  There remained no trace of the tram itself nor of the tram-men nor of the horses: nor did he and she appear vividly.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  It was the last tram; the lank brown horses knew it and shook their bells to the clear night in admonition.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  They stood on the steps of the tram, he on the upper, she on the lower.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  Cigarettes every night she'd bring me and paying the tram out and back.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
8  He kept the pair in view until he had seen them climbing the stairs of the Donnybrook tram; then he turned about and went back the way he had come.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
9  He strained his eyes as each tram stopped at the far corner of the square.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
10  A very sullen-faced man stood at the corner of O'Connell Bridge waiting for the little Sandymount tram to take him home.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
11  His tram let him down at Shelbourne Road and he steered his great body along in the shadow of the wall of the barracks.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
12  She would have five shillings clear after paying tram fare.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
13  The tram was full and she had to sit on the little stool at the end of the car, facing all the people, with her toes barely touching the floor.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
14  She got out of her tram at the Pillar and ferreted her way quickly among the crowds.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
15  She thought she would have to stand in the Drumcondra tram because none of the young men seemed to notice her but an elderly gentleman made room for her.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
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