: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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In 2015, Girls actress Allison Williams traversed the New York City subway system dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991), looking uncannily similar to the princess.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Its existence began as a beef between the Hess family — German immigrants who owned large plots of land in this part of Manhattan — and the city, which seized most of their land in the early 1900s to build the subway.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Over his three terms as governor, and before that as Housing and Urban Development secretary under former President Bill Clinton, Cuomo has emphasized his achievements as a builder of subways, bridges and housing.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Tom Hanks went under the radar this week while riding the subway in New York City.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Its existence began as a beef between the Hess family — German immigrants who owned large plots of land in this part of Manhattan — and the city, which seized most of their land in the early 1900s to build the subway.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Over his three terms as governor, and before that as Housing and Urban Development secretary under former President Bill Clinton, Cuomo has emphasized his achievements as a builder of subways, bridges and housing.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Tom Hanks went under the radar this week while riding the subway in New York City.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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