stagecoach

Example Sentences

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Consider Joseph Morgan III. Born in 1780 into a Welsh immigrant family that became successful Massachusetts farmers, he sold the farm and invested in a Hartford, Conn., coffeehouse and stagecoach line.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

With a tremendous clatter, the makeshift stagecoach got the speed wobbles like a wonky grocery cart and flipped over on a turn, ejecting its rowdy riders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

When Colorado-bound Mo is relegated to the back of a stagecoach, one anticipates “Surrounded,” directed by Anthony Mandler, might play as a rollicking, racially enlightened genre variant.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Bell parked his truck at the end of a long dirt road, near an old stagecoach stop.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

Newcomers keep arriving—by ship, canal boat, and stagecoach.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman