queue

Example Sentences

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Passionately defending cinema on the big screen and then waiting for the next suggested movie to segue into our queue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"The train is faster and there's no need to wait in a queue."

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Vehicles queue for miles along highways, often for hours, for fuel that many in the world's most oil-rich country cannot afford.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

At one point, travelers were being redirected across lines, instructed to bypass one queue for another, then stopped again.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

“He saw an American do it in a fish-and-chips queue, and now he does it whenever he’s bored. Just stop it, now, or I shall send you directly to Miss Megley.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger