How to Use tram in a Sentence

tram

noun
  • Take the tram to the departure terminal.
  • Join a tram tour for wildlife sightings.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The city’s easy-to-use tram system has stops just two blocks away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • That’s when the city purchased its own fleet of bright green trams and trailers.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The garage can park six cars plus there are two deeded boat slips, a dock and electric tram.
    — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Someone once followed me out of a tram and into a shop to tell me this.
    — Carly Findlay, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Edinburgh has a brand-new tram system that takes you to all the sights.
    — Riza Cruz, Vogue, 11 May 2026
  • The trams hadn’t been running for several hours.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • An empty tram train that had been left at a stop had its windows smashed and was also set on fire.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The trams drop visitors near the Prado, still a good walk for old folks.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • The two-hour open-air tram tour stops at four destinations chosen by the tour guides.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2021
  • To reach the structure, visitors had to climb a long set of stairs or ride a private tram up the slope.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Hopping on a tram (included in the price of admission) is a great way to start the day.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Planes, trains, and automobiles have been joined by trams, taxis, ships, tractors, and more.
    — Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • Some day, the big central tunnel will also have a train or tram — but not for several years.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • Each of the arch trams carries 40 passengers.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And most of Kyiv’s electric tram lines are being replaced with buses.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg Dan Bilefsky Carly Olson John Ismay Matina Stevis-Gridneff Julian E. Barnes Monika Pronczuk Finbarr O’Reilly Ivan Nechepurenko Carly Olson Enjoli Liston Christopher F. Schuetze Megan Specia Jason Horowitz Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The man and two others rode up the tram and planned on touring the summit before taking the tram back down.
    — Shana Singh, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Rossi, an Italian sporting icon, was spotted in a video driving an old tram.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The tram has about 80 gondolas and takes people 40 feet above the ground.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
  • All public transport in the city — trams and buses — was suspended.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Near a tram stop, a soldier stands guard with a rifle on his back and an AirPod in his ear.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022
  • People without masks wait for a tram in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The gardens were beautiful and many took a tram ride to try and see as much of the gardens in the time allotted.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2023
  • Visitors can go up the arch on a tram, but unlike the rest of the park, that experience is not free.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • On Saturday, a group of three people took a tram to the mountain's summit.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In some cities, like Lisbon, riding the vintage trams is part of the fun of visiting.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Each of the two trams can carry about 40 people at a time, according to the Times.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hit the epic swells of Victoria and then ride the tram around Melbourne for a coffee shop crawl.
    — Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • From there, a 15-minute taxi or swift tram ride puts you directly into central Nice.
    — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2022

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