Example sentences for: carriages

How can you use “carriages” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Vehicle itself is Latin vehiculum a carriage; and even the early automobilist heard his machine called a horseless carriage , just as the early railroader heard his called an Iron Horse , which of course drew carriages of its own.

  • In Victorian America, car was quickly applied to railway carriages, whence boxcars and passenger-cars , and also to tramways, first to horsecars and then to electric-cars , otherwise known as trolley cars , or streetcars , or simply cars (whence carfare ).

  • Grandparents and fathers push the carriages of the new arrivals during the evening volta, or stroll, glowing in the warmth of the congratulations of their neighbors and friends.

  • In the evenings, calendrias — balloon-draped horse carriages — line up to take passengers for rides.

  • Horse-drawn carriages ply the Corniche offering trips to Karnak, or a ride back to your hotel.


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