How to Use train in a Sentence

train

1 of 2 noun
  • Don’t race trains to the track.
    — Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And that’s when the train shows up.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Get on board for this bloody train ride!
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Mom had to stay on the train with me.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • On our first game, trains will be there.
    — Steve Pickett, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • And, yes, there were kids on those trains.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Not just a train station but a train?
    — Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
  • No one aboard the train was injured.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • No one on the train was injured.
    — Austen Erblat, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Two key events enabled the train.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Only two nights are spent aboard the train.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The train was stopped after the crash.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There are no brakes on this runaway train.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The best part is that most, if not all, are along the train stops.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
  • He was then allowed to board the next train.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But the trains are very much not running on time.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The train of the gown added a touch of drama.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Use trains for short distances.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • After that, the train doesn’t stop again.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Two of the dead were on the train, and one was in the dump truck.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • On those things, the train’s left the station.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • Some trains were using just one track in the area.
    — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To both of their alarm, the train stopped in a dark tunnel.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Somebody runs to catch a train to make a last-ditch speech.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Tonight, the train might be the best way to beat traffic.
    — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The person who went on the tracks was not struck by a train.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • The train is still longer, and time is money, we are taught.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The train is still longer, and time is money, we are taught.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Below, what to see, do, and eat aboard this train tour.
    — Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Crescent was the finest of trains.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

train

2 of 2 verb
  • I've been trained in first aid.
  • I'm training to be a nurse.
  • We need to train more nurses.
  • He's training as a chef.
  • My boss is training me on the new equipment.
  • I trained at that hospital.
  • He was never formally trained as a chef.
  • I'm training her to take over my job when I retire.
  • She had to train her mind to think scientifically.
  • They are highly trained professionals.
  • The place trains you to slow down.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • George trained for months and months and months.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Be sure they are trained to come when called.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The talent is trained and ready.
    — Gregory Haile, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This is because of how they’re trained.
    — Tharin Pillay, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • He’s trained in tae kwon do and mixed martial arts.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The study saw 15 pet dogs trained to sit and lie down.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That's a craft they've never been trained in.
    — Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The counselors have to be trained on what to do with their campers.
    — Karen Hua, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Which ones to use, which ones are overhyped, how to train the team.
    — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Once trained, the birds were free to ring the bell on their own accord.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
  • That kind of record requires you to train your body and your mind for game day.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Almost none of the things we are sort of trained to expect.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But most leadership teams were not built or trained that way.
    — Adrienne Down Coulson, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • Hiring and training new judges can take more than a year.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There were so many teammates training with me.
    — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The footage will be used to train robotic systems.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Adults lose it because we’re trained to label.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This program will train you to lead hikes for students on field trips.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
  • These trees are trained to grow flat against a wall or support structure.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025

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