How to Use taxi in a Sentence

taxi

1 of 2 noun
  • We caught a taxi to the restaurant.
  • We went to the restaurant by taxi.
  • Do not hail taxis on the street.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The price of taxis is out of reach for most.
    — Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Anacapri can be reached by bus or taxi from Capri.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • She's just gotten out of her own taxi.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Call a taxi or use a ride-share service.
    — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • For my taxi-cab drivers, don’t get any thoughts!
    — Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Even taxis used to be summoned with a street hail and paid with cash.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Rideshare or taxi is fastest, though traffic varies by time of day.
    — Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Planes get pushed back from the gate, taxi to the runway and take off.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Uber, Lyft, and taxis are options, too.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Her boyfriend, Joseph, is a taxi driver.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There is a mass shortage of taxis on the island.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Paris is nudging people out of taxis and cars.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The group also tried to flip the taxi over, police said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • The group also tried to flip the taxi over, police said.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • The group also tried to flip the taxi over, police said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • This can include taking a taxi, bus or rideshare.
    — Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Video shows the horse trotting through the street and hitting a taxi.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Ride-sharing and taxis top $260 round trip.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The walk to the historic walled city is downhill and an easy taxi ride back up.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • His father, Mordechai, drove a taxi for 30 years.
    — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The last time taxi rates increased was in 2016.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Stabbing yourself in the heart in a taxi seemed like an awful way to go.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Some fans give up and decide to make their own way to the stadium by taxi.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Many work in restaurants and hotels and as taxi drivers.
    — Gisela Salomon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The easiest way is to hop in a taxi – fares come in at around £12.
    — Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Be sure to wear a hat and carry enough water—or, just look up a local taxi.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
  • Be sure to wear a hat and carry enough water—or, just look up a local taxi.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026

taxi

2 of 2 verb
  • The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.
  • The pilot taxied out to the runway.
  • The plane taxied slowly to the runway.
  • There had just been a snowstorm and the plane wasn’t able to taxi all the way to the gate.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Planes that land now have to taxi back up the runway to reach the pilot’s lounge.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The plane was taxiing to the runway, but had not taken off yet.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The flight landed safely and taxied to the gate with its own power.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Only one engine was used to taxi along the runway for takeoff.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Pretend the plane was already taxiing when the airline crew showed up looking for a last minute ride.
    — Mercury News Editorial Board, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2017
  • The plane has taxied to a remote area of the runway where passengers were taken off.
    — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Patel said the aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate on its own power.
    — Melissa Yeager, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • Karimi landed and taxied to the end of the runway as the thud of the guns rolled off the surrounding hills.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Wunderlich got off the plane, which had already started taxiing.
    — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The crew taxied off the runway and sought clearance to a terminal gate; none was available.
    — Colleen Mondor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That gives it some mobility, but limits its ability to taxi around the ground.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Planes could taxi all the way around the gate areas with no alley or buildings to slow arrivals and departures.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Witnesses said the car entered the taxiway and nearly struck a plane that was taxiing.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Dozens of planes taxiing at once at a suddenly dusty Madras Airport.
    — Molly Harbarger, OregonLive.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • All the lakes big enough to land on were combed by small planes that taxied around the shore as their pilots looked for tracks, a dead fire, any sign of us.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Then these strange newborns taxied to the airfield next door, met a waiting crew, and took off for Europe.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The never-ending war on birds takes place far from the terminals, in the swaths of grass that lie beyond the zones where jets taxi to and fro.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
  • So the captain is not going to keep the ship idling while your late-arriving flight is taxiing to the terminal.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • American Airlines said the tire issue occurred while the plane was taxiing to the gate.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • As the plane taxied down the runway, the toilet started dumping out brown sewage water, Bharucha said.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • Indians use the fintech service to pay for a wide range of goods and services, from groceries to taxi fares to airline tickets.
    — Biman Mukherji, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The aircraft returned to Charlotte, landed safely, and taxied to the gate.
    — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
  • The pilot taxied to the gate, where most passengers were able to get off the plane, Phoenix Fire Capt.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 27 May 2018
  • The plane had just finished a flight from Los Angeles and was taxiing at the time of the incident.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 June 2023
  • Investigators believe the plane struck the hangar while taxiing, the outlet added.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The plane remained at the deicing pad for about 20 minutes before taxiing to the runway.
    — Patrick Whittle, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026

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