Railroad

//ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd//

"Railroad" in a Sentence (25 examples)

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Where is the railroad station?

It's the fastest railroad in the world.

The railroad is now in the process of construction.

The railroad divides into two after the bridge.

My house stands within easy access of the railroad station.

Because of the heavy snow, the railroad traffic has been interrupted.

A railroad was constructed in this town.

The railroad fare for children is half of the adult fare.

The railroad provoked a kind of revolution.

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Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.

Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.

The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

Gregory Scroggins, a PWA [person with AIDS] in Georgia who was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder for biting a cop during arrest. It took only three days in October of 1989 to charge, try, convict and sentence Scroggins, who is now serving a 10-year sentence and has been denied bail (and medical treatment) pending appeal. […] Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told GCN that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.

The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.

The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.

Sebastian Riedel lodged a complaint with TPF board, which he says was railroaded by a board member—therefore, Riedel quit.

What appears suspect about the Beeching Report is how quickly it was railroaded through, with the answers manufactured before the questions were asked.

They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.

My witnesses were not questioned to my advantage. Physical evidence in my attorney's possession was not presented to the jury. A promised expert witness was not called nor even sought. I knew that I was being railroaded but I was helpless.

"I'm going to the^([sic]) Hague to see Mr Milosevic at his request," he told CBC radio before leaving Canada. "All of us feel he's being railroaded and used as a scapegoat for Nato's attack on Yugoslavia.

Stark reminder of how an innocent man can be railroaded into spending years in jail [title]

He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.

Also on Friday, The Daily News published a column by Richard Azzopardi, a senior adviser to the governor, who wrote that Mr. Cuomo had been “railroaded” by Ms. James, a Democrat who is considered a possible candidate for governor next year but who has not said she plans to run.

If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded. Railroading refers to being able to run the fabric from left to right, rather than the conventional top to bottom. […][W]hen a pattern is railroaded you can turn it on its side and roll it out to the width of the sofa without join lines.

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