freight train

noun

: a train that carries goods : a train that carries freight

Examples of freight train in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Seeing the freight train of economic destruction headed toward them and knowing their leaders will do nothing to stop it, the dwindling middle class feels helpless and alone. Steve Laffey, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024 Look, this burgeoning, unstoppable freight train of a candidacy didn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 Rescuers used iron rods and ropes to work free one carriage of the passenger train that had been swept upwards to lodge on the roof of the freight train by the impact of the collision. Reuters, NBC News, 17 June 2024 Listen to this article Brandon Jacobs still looks like the imposing freight train of a running back that no one wanted to tackle from 2005 through 2013 on the way to two Giants Super Bowls. Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for freight train 

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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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