straphanger

Example Sentences

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Is one of the straphangers the bad guy?

From New York Times

It may have looked ridiculous to other drivers, like I was imitating a subway straphanger — aping public transportation in the most private transportation there is — but I didn’t care.

From Washington Post

As if riding the subway, the students did a straphanger bounce.

From New York Times

Like a true aesthetic straphanger, Jenkins has long traversed the interstitial, inconvenient parts of the city.

From New York Times

Crimes in the subway system have skyrocketed this year amid a series of violent attacks on straphangers.

From Fox News