How to Use trolley in a Sentence

trolley

noun
  • Bob rode the trolley one stop, hopped off, and ran back to Ed.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The trolley now comes to within a five-minute walk of my house.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Keke Palmer could solve the trolley problem in a breeze.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Plaster was ripped off the walls as the trolley bumped into them.
    Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Hop on the free trolley or stroll the wooden City Pier dating back to 1911.
    Cristina Corvino, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
  • There are many elements that link the two, from the design to the culture to even the dessert trolley.
    Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 18 June 2022
  • One of his colleagues noticed the scuff marks the thieves’ trolley had left on the hardwood floor.
    Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Guided trolley tour combined with the Tour of Homes is $50.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Many of the migrants on the bus will likely be released to the trolley stations in the coming days.
    Kate Morrissey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • There's even a trolley sleeve for sliding it over the handle of a suitcase.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Hop aboard the area’s trolley for a free ride through the historic downtown and the arts district, and get on and off anywhere along the route.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Free parking available across the street at Caltrans, or take the trolley.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There are few cars on the wide streets where largely empty trolley cars rumble along the tracks.
    New York Times, 20 July 2022
  • After one alert, Zvonyk was riding a trolley bus when Hamill's voice rang out from his phone.
    John Leicester, ajc, 28 Mar. 2023
  • After one alert, Zvonyk was riding a trolley bus when Hamill’s voice rang out from his phone.
    John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Police say the man was asleep around 5 p.m. while aboard a trolley stopped at the Nobel Trolley Station.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • New Bern One good way to get started in New Bern is to take a trolley tour along the waterfront and historic streets.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Some of that housing is proposed to be built at or near Blue Line trolley stations.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • And the zipper pocket on the back becomes a trolley sleeve that will fit over her luggage handle.
    Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Parking is available at Hart Park, 7300 Chestnut St., and the trolley can take you to your favorite shops.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The multitudes paid 30 or 35 cents each for a round trip aboard his special trolley cars to get to the aviation meet.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And some of the early hype hasn’t materialized, like a cheese trolley stuck in a far-off port.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Its top handle and adjustable straps are padded, and there’s a trolley sleeve to attach the backpack to your roller suitcase.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022
  • Somewhere to push a trolley around with the kids on a rainy afternoon, contemplating the toys, the clothes, the homeware, the makeup.
    Kate Briggs, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • No food trolley just 1 piece of KFC chicken per person!
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • And there's nothing quite like an all-mighty bar cart, or, more playfully known as a drink trolley.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 29 June 2022
  • The trolley sleeve slides easily over a suitcase handle for racing from check-in to a flight.
    Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The brothers spy from behind a trolley as Evelyn and Harris’ red-hot lust rips the dining room apart.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Trolleys roll on train tracks too, and Connecticut has a couple of trolley museums that are still rolling at the end of the year.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The new Blue Line trolley station also is bringing the public to campus.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023

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