Example sentences for: transcontinental

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

  • The transcontinental dream became reality when the tracks were joined in 1885.

  • He could have learned of this from messages being sent by United Airlines to the cockpits of its transcontinental flights, including Flight 93, warning of cockpit intrusion and telling of the New York attacks.

  • It was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales in 1927, when stations were still built like Greek temples (Corinthian pillars, heroic statues, and ceramic-tiled ceilings); it is one last proud fanfare for the transcontinental railways that founded the country’s industrial prosperity.

  • Scott writes: "Shearer could not have been Willey's stalker, Conason declared, because he was on a transcontinental flight last Jan.

  • The dream of a transcontinental railway with freight revenues drew financiers to the Grand Trunk project to join up Montréal, the Great Lakes, and the western hinterland.


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