like a rail
Example Sentences
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Bus rapid transit systems, which use dedicated highway lanes to bypass traffic and can include stops or stations like a rail system — are an increasingly popular item for many transit agencies.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2021
For example one in six people in the U.S. live near a diesel pollution hot spot like a rail yard, port terminal or freeway.
From Time • Dec. 20, 2012
Eventually, it brought off eight chicks and remained with them at the same spot on the edge of the valley, living like a rail among the sedges and tall valley herbage.
From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
It looked like a rail, and a man leaning on it.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
She's like a rail; and as spiteful as she's lean.
From Muslin by Moore, George (George Augustus)
