How to Use carpool in a Sentence

carpool

1 of 2 verb
  • When this is the case, find people to bunk up and carpool with you.
    — Charlotte Cowles, The Cut, 20 July 2017
  • The idea came about while the sisters were carpooling to work.
    — Christine Whitney, The Cut, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The two lived in the same neighborhood growing up and used to carpool to school.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Hikers will then carpool to the day's mystery trail for an early spring trek.
    — Post-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2018
  • So the dads all carpooled with the daughters and had one heck of a great weekend bonding!
    — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
  • Today, one kid will walk with a friend, and another will carpool.
    — Sybil Wa, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Don't just carpool, pool the neighborhood kids and give them a nature walk.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2018
  • When his wife needed the car to drop their daughter at school, he was forced to carpool into work.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
  • People are urged to carpool, telecommute or use mass transit.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
  • The morning of the pen test, the Strands and some colleagues carpooled to a cafe near the prison.
    — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Parking is free but attendees are asked to carpool.
    — Cheryl McCloud, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Parking is free but attendees are asked to carpool.
    — Cheryl McCloud, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Those looking to carpool will be able to reserve rides up to seven days in advance.
    — Tracey Lien, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
  • Gas prices might need to rise even further to push workers to carpool, Krugman said.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Most people can’t carpool every day or take transit every day.
    — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 1 May 2018
  • Still, opening new toll roads should encourage commuters to carpool to work.
    — Brian Whitehead, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2017
  • The company gives workers a small pay bump for carpooling with colleagues to work.
    — High School Journalism Institute, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • The Post said Neira and Salazar would carpool and study together.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2021
  • To make your current pay stretch further, find ways to save money, like carpooling to work or using coupons.
    — Courtney Jespersen, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • That wouldn’t have been a problem, but Easterling carpooled to work and his co-rider was late.
    — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The three men still carpool to their Edgewater office every day.
    — Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald, 11 June 2018
  • The rest will carpool with parents over the course of the week ahead of their individual events and relays.
    — Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2022
  • It is recommended to arrive early to find parking or to carpool.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Some used to carpool with colleagues who quit, and others simply can't afford to drive to work anymore at their current rates of pay.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The idea is to encourage people to carpool together and cut down on traffic and emissions.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • For 381 days, boycotters walked or carpooled to and from their destinations.
    — Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Others will detour in their cars but find traffic congestion on surface streets, and there are still more people who will carpool.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • After school, the players would carpool or hop on the bus for the 20-minute ride west across the Schuylkill River.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The parking situation will hinge on what at this point are two unknowns — how many people carpool to games and how many arrive by trolley.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • Parking is free, with attendees encouraged to carpool.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025

car pool

2 of 2 noun
  • People are urged to car pool, telecommute or use mass transit.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • People were urged to car pool, telecommute or use mass transit.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
  • People are urged to car pool, telecommute, or use mass transit.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024
  • This means that there are going to be long car pool lines that may extend into the road, more stopped school buses all over town.
    — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The company now provides car pool rides to residents in place of a bus system.
    — Kate Conger, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Didi runs car pools, minibuses and buses in addition to taxis and luxury cars.
    — The Economist, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Recently, my nine-year-old came home from the soccer car pool in tears, because one of the other boys made mean comments to him on the drive.
    — Rachel Walker, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2019
  • From making lunches to coordinating the car pool schedule, there is just more to manage.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Divorce often means that driving a car pool, paying bills and many other requirements of daily life now land on one set of shoulders not two.
    — Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Staff also are looking at subsidized transit passes, car pool programs and other options.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2019
  • This fall, listen to Tory's playlist during a morning walk to work, at an autumn dinner party or on the road to school (for the coolest car pool ever).
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 3 Sep. 2013
  • This home is well located near casual car pool, AC Transit and freeway access.
    — Bang Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
  • And some of the blue states have better incentives for EV buyers, such as state tax credits or the ability to drive in car pool lanes on highways.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
  • On the Israeli side, another car pool took him to Beersheba, the nearest big city in southern Israel.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • That struggle features in the novel, as do kidnapping, hibernation, car pools, boxing and an underwater go-go dancer.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
  • People boycotted consumer goods from businesses linked to Yanukovych; in Kiev, a mass car pool ensured that protesters could move in and out of the city’s main square.
    — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
  • Uber and Lyft started in the early 2010s with just a handful of drivers, resembling car pool services more than professional fleets.
    — Kate Conger, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2020
  • That’s the warning the Rhode Island Department of Health is sounding after tracing a spate of new infections to car pool clusters.
    — NBC News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • For just a $15 flat-rate fee, arriving passengers can take a car pool ride to any destination in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Queens.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2019
  • That would’ve meant figuring out car pools or public transportation to and from work, and little ability to shuttle her boys, ages 12 and 3, to doctor’s appointments and recreational activities.
    — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Federal authorization that allows California drivers with zero-emissions vehicles to receive decal to place on their cars and drive solo in the car pool, or High Occupancy Vehicle, lanes on the freeway is set to expire at the end of next month.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Federal authorization that allows California drivers with zero-emissions vehicles to receive decal to place on their cars and drive solo in the car pool, or High Occupancy Vehicle, lanes on the freeway is set to expire at the end of next month.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025

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