streetcar

Example Sentences

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With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scranton’s nickname, “Electric City,” stems from its being one of the first places in the U.S. to have electric streetcars.

From MarketWatch

The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.

From The Wall Street Journal

Art students paint the trams and local bands perform in the streetcars.

From BBC

An-My, you chose Robert Frank’s picture of a streetcar in New Orleans, taken that year.

From New York Times