How to Use bullet train in a Sentence

bullet train

noun

• Shinkansen bullet trains running between Tokyo and Nagoya were halted for the day, a common response to typhoons.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• But if the country discovers its appetite for bullet trains, Chinese companies will almost certainly be the first in line to make a bid.
  — Tom Zoellner, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2016
• Shinkansen, Japan’s bullet train, is the best way to get there.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
• Even the shinkansen, Japan’s famed bullet train, doesn’t come here.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
• And now a bullet train that will speed through Japan at up to 200 mph.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 23 May 2018
• And, oh, who’s that guy Brad Pitt just brushed past aboard a bullet train?
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
• And all of them riding a non-stop bullet train in Japan.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2022
• The exception to this rule is the high-speed bullet trains.
  — Allan Richarz, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020
• About a third of bullet trains in Nagano were submerged.
  — Julie Zaugg and Chie Kobayashi, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
• Transfers to the different rivers will be made via the TGV bullet train, one of the fastest trains in the world.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2022
• Take the case of a Shinkansen bullet train driver who left the cockpit to use the bathroom on May 16.
  — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 20 May 2021
• The project aims to emulate the Shinkansen bullet train, which runs through Japan at speeds of about 200 mph.
  — Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022
• Yukawa even went so far as to ask his assistant to book a seat on the bullet train for him.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• And all of them riding a nonstop bullet train in Japan.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 June 2022
• The government created most of the snow venues from scratch and built a bullet train to get there from the city.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• It is set in Japan and takes place entirely on a bullet train.
  — Diep Tran, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
• Koji boards the bullet train to get revenge on the person who harmed his son.
  — Diep Tran, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
• So, a ride on this bullet train is well worth it—for foodies and fangirls alike.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 June 2018
• Items fell off shelves and cars in a bullet train derailed, with no injuries.
  — Peter Landers, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
• But the second point is the speed of transport links, notably the bullet trains between cities.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• In a sweet moment, Ben and his dad smile together in front of a bullet train.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• That means the Central Valley link has the green light and is projected to see a bullet train by 2030.
  — Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• The California bullet train has pushed for a big piece of the money.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• Do that and continue to master a changeup and the fast track to the majors might be more like a bullet train.
  — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2022
• Take the bullet train down to Kyoto, about 300 miles to the southwest but a world away from the towering skyscrapers.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2017
• On the other hand, Newsom’s bullet train request was nowhere to be found.
  — John Myers Sacramento Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• The flights at the center of the film are vertiginously twisty, but the drama is a bullet train on a rigid track.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
• Get on the bullet train heading out of Tokyo, the disembodied voice on his phone tells him.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022
• Highways and the bullet train were rushed to completion.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2021
• The mobile prayer rooms were to be placed near Gangneung bullet train stations.
  — Dara Elasfar, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024