How to Use bus in a Sentence

bus

1 of 2 noun
  • Are you traveling by train or by bus?
  • She boarded a bus in Nashville.
  • The bus was on fire in the grass on the side of the road.
    Rob Gillies, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
  • One man got on the bus through the front door; the other used the back door.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There were 44 students and 11 adults on the bus, the school district said.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Eight days later, the three men tried to flag down his bus.
    Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • My first full-time job involved a long bus ride and a six-block walk.
    Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Then many of them walk to school in the heat, or ride a less-than-comfortable bus.
    WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
  • From the cable car to the metro bus, the journey to the altar continues.
    Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • From there, the migrants travel north by bus with the help of smugglers.
    Christophe Ena and Angela Charlton The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Three people from the tour bus were declared dead at the scene, the crash report said.
    Michelle Watson, CNN, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Following the crash near railway tracks, the bus caught on fire.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • What was supposed to be a few hours on a bus turned into a 20-hour escape from the desert.
    Liz Kreutz, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Gorham Moose Tours offers three- to four-hour small bus tours to see moose and other wildlife.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • How to Get There Bodrum can be reached by bus, plane, car, and by ferry.
    Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The bus was headed to a music event for band camp, a spokesperson from the high school confirmed to CNN.
    Rob Frehse, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Now, Belly’s on a bus headed to Brown to help Jeremiah find him.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • Staff from the group guided DeSantis through each crevice of the state in a red and blue bus with his name stamped on each side.
    Will McDuffie, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • First of all, her stakes aren’t as high because Truman didn’t throw her under the bus.
    Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The bus then struck a Nissan and came to a stop resting in a building at 500 West Franklin Street, police said.
    Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 17 June 2023
  • Many tourists take the bus in the early morning from Cancún and back again that same evening — about six hours round-trip.
    Matthew Pillsbury Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The orange flames from the bus and the oncoming headlights from traffic piercing the night sky can be seen in the video.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
  • There will also be a free shuttle bus from 4 p.m. to midnight on both nights.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
  • Following the crash, the suspect can be seen lying in the street in front of a bus as police arrive.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • When the bus comes to a halt, Young unfastens his seat belt and stands up to address the students still onboard.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Twain was not on the bus and is safe, a representative said.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • One child on the bus and an adult passenger in a vehicle behind the bus died.
    Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The pre-board fare equipment lets riders pay at the platform before boarding the bus.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Bondi Junction Westfield, as the mall is officially known, is a popular spot to meet, eat, catch a movie, and just hang out, while figuring out where the frick the right bus leaves from.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Two teenage boys were arrested Thursday in connection with a stabbing on a bus in the Ridgeview-Webster neighborhood that police believe may be gang-related.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
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bus

2 of 2 verb
  • He buses tables at the local diner.
  • Both teams were forced to bus to Williamsport to finish the game.
    Brett Crossley, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2021
  • That left enough time to head to the hotel for a quick meal and then bus to the Kohl Center.
    Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In all, more than 109 million people will drive, fly or bus out of town.
    Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In the middle of the night, 230 foreigners had to be bused to a nearby army base for their safety.
    Ali Breland, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
  • He, like thousands of others, was bused to the city and has since struggled to find his footing.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The Tide had to bus home after fog impacted the team’s ability to fly.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The loss of those kids doesn’t change the amount of money the district has to pay to keep the lights on, bus the students and pay their teachers, Gallo said.
    Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The other six women head off for the ceremony, and send the shuttle bus back to pick up Mary.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Someone was calling out names from a list, telling people which bus to get on.
    Bushra Seddique, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Well, for the last year, the city's been struggling with a steady influx of asylum seekers who have been bused into the city from Texas and Arizona.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That's why when the state wanted to start a migrant busing program in 2022, officials turned to her.
    Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • She was bused to Immaculate Heart for school, taking in the colorful murals across the city in the ’90s.
    Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Rush Truck Centers of Ohio Inc. received $7.8 million to bus children to and from school, data show.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The first batch of migrants was bused to a makeshift tent city in Brooklyn on Sunday and took one look and were ready to leave, according to reports.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Brandon can’t remain a head coach driving the team bus down this road and stopping to throw his players under it.
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Patrons are asked to bus their own tables, get their own drinks from a self-serve soda fountain, and sit over six feet apart at all times.
    Connor Sheets | Csheets@al.com, al, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The result: Many of those detained are bused or flown to southern Mexico and released with orders to leave the country.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • There are myriad things parents need that can only be bought with cash, from diapers to clothes to bus fare to sports fees.
    Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Notably, the Texas state government has boasted about busing tens of thousands of migrants to Northern cities in the past two years.
    Amy Simonson, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Ordering is at the bar, seating will be first-come first-served, masks are required when not seated and guests are asked to bus their own tables.
    Michael Russell, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2021
  • His uncle had been a bracero who worked the fields, and as a child, Chacon recalls seeing farmworkers being bused to work.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • No one was injured, and passengers left the 737 Max on a set of mobile stairs before being bused to the terminal, the airline said.
    Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • However, for later kickoffs the team will bus over from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for those events.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Aja made do, building community with other Black students who, like her, were bused in from the city.
    TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Even after driving there, car-sharing operators need to take an Uber or bus back to their home.
    Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • And after years of having to bus students at least 10 miles north to Yuma, Somerton finally met the threshold for its own high school.
    Astrid Galvan and Mike Schneider, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Music and bourbon fans were bused via shuttles to the festival's new location where the vibe was relaxed as the crowd gathered under the mid-day sun in the grassy infield.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
  • At the bill’s first reading two weeks ago, Mr. Fatty bused in a group of young women to chant pro-cutting slogans outside Parliament.
    Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024

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