How to Use cable car in a Sentence

cable car

noun
  • The skiers took a cable car to the top of the mountain.
  • Tourists packed the cable cars on the hilly streets of San Francisco.
  • To make the most of your time, a cable car can take you to the top of the pass.
    Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Hike or take the cable car to the top for 360-degree views of the rugged coastline.
    Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Head to one of the cable cars that hover over the mountains.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Skip the climb and hop on the cable car at Parc de Montjuïc to go straight to the castle.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
  • There are cable car tracks down the middle of both streets.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022
  • An aunt who was not in the cable car is with him at the hospital.
    Fox News, 26 May 2021
  • An aunt who was not in the cable car was with him at the hospital.
    Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 26 May 2021
  • Scheana Shay shared a video of the pair taking a ride on the city’s iconic cable cars.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • To even reach the Ayana Resort's Rock Bar, guests have to ride a cable car down a cliff face.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Baker went with a group on a cable car up to the top of a mountain on the island.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022
  • Locals used a zip line to ferry food to the people trapped in the cable car.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
  • One of the best ways to enjoy the beauty of Medellín is to ride the urban cable cars.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The bridge can be accessed by cable car and walking across is a one-way deal.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • If your legs get too tired—or your belly too full—a few cable car rides along the way will lessen the pain.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Riding a cable car up Nob Hill at dusk, just as the lights of the skyline begin to sparkle.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The drugs killed them in plain view — in front of the public library, at the spot on Powell Street where the cable car used to turn around.
    New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Stop here to take the quirky, cage-like cable car that cuts first through woods and then up along the mountain's stark granite face.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2021
  • To get back, take the cable car, go on a hike, or for the more adventurous, zip line your way down.
    Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • The journey across the valley took just 10 minutes — and cost the equivalent of about 10 cents — on the cable car.
    Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In the video, the group can be seen clutching onto the insides of the cable car above a valley, which is near the city of Battagram.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • David Johnson, who lives atop Nob Hill and used to rely on the cable car bells as his alarm clock, strolled past.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Wilson hopped off his cable car and ran alongside of it, slapping high-fives with the crowd.
    Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The cable car climbs around 120 meters in a short five minutes, saving you a hike up the hillside.
    Petrina Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Your entrance ticket includes a single ride in a cable car, with a view over the park.
    Lea Lane, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The plaza, which opened 48 years ago at Powell and Market streets next to the cable car turnaround, has been a mess ever since.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
  • Day two in Madeira consists of a scenic cable car ride over the city, and a lunch where Wendy talks about her degrees for the 100th time in a matter of two episodes.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Transit lovers, take note: Jerusalem will be getting a cable car.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 21 May 2022
  • Taking a family of four on a round-trip cable car ride costs $64.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021

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