freight train
Example Sentences
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It felt like a freight train coming at you.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
But when a freight train stalled at a key intersection in the middle of the city, they found themselves stuck on the wrong side of the street for nearly 30 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
When that freight train leaves the station, you want to jump onboard, especially when it’s starting to pick up speed.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 17, 2025
So it was like a runaway freight train that had left the station.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2025
When the once-a-week freight train hit Elm Street, he started running from the Oriole Street dead end — on one rail — and beat the train to the park, nosweat.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
