parlor car

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Or is it the soft, steady voice of the stranger in the train’s parlor car, telling a story to the boy’s father?

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015

While motorists on the single major highway are bumper to bumper, passengers can recline in the velvety Presidential parlor car, built in 1925.

From Time Magazine Archive

So fond was he of appearing in the public limelight that he lived with all the pomp and ceremony of royalty, even traveling in the Kaiser Karl's private parlor car, which he bought.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clancy, who shares his hero Ryan's aversion to flying, rented an entire Amtrak parlor car for the trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had ridden to Philadelphia in reserved parlor car seats.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey