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 flipped over three times.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This bus could be full of Gazans.
    Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Way too many gross people on the bus.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The bus costs more than double that.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The driver did not stop the bus.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Tour buses park across the street.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Or at least try not to honk at any bus drivers.
    Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Glonke was told a jackknifed bus was to blame.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • That morning, our bus caught on fire on the road.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The five people killed were all in cars hit by the bus.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
    NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Children were on board the bus at the time, but none were harmed.
    Riley Rourke, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Young is a player teams would love to have come off the bus first.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Care for guinea pigs, drive the bus, make a smoothie and more.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Her 7-year-old son is part of the walking bus.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Slow buses can and do have costs far greater than the price of a fare.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
  • My first full-time job involved a long bus ride and a six-block walk.
    Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • One man got on the bus through the front door; the other used the back door.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • All hikes meet at the bus shelter in the parking lot.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • All hikes meet at the bus shelter in the parking lot.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Cain and his wife are the only ones headed to a tour bus.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Even the faces on the bus are familiar.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Elliott was last seen waiting for a bus.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Parents of bus riders are asked not to come to the school.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Thirty minutes pass and the next bus is nowhere in sight.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • He was pinned under the bus and declared dead at the scene.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If you got hit by a bus tomorrow, would the bills get paid?
    Jim Rossman, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • That bus route will launch a new midday service.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026

bus

2 of 2 verb
  • He buses tables at the local diner.
  • Were Black and White kids bused in Louisville?
    Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Both teams were forced to bus to Williamsport to finish the game.
    Brett Crossley, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2021
  • One team is busing from 100 miles away.
    Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Someone was calling out names from a list, telling people which bus to get on.
    Bushra Seddique, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Plenty of tour companies will bus you up.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In all, more than 109 million people will drive, fly or bus out of town.
    Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Customers deplaned via airstairs and were bused to the terminal.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Then busing reshaped their roster … and the city's high school sports landscape.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • School districts in the Milwaukee metro area have been no stranger to busing woes.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The trip was canceled and passengers were bused back to Alamosa.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • In September of that year, I was bused to Sing Sing.
    John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Why did Louisville start busing students in 1975?
    Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Tide had to bus home after fog impacted the team’s ability to fly.
    Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In larger districts, students can be bused to different schools.
    ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In larger districts, students can be bused to different schools.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Passengers were bused to the terminal and the aircraft was cleared from the runway.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • He and more than a dozen other people were bused to San Francisco for the event.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 30 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Reh was among the first group of students bused to Milwaukee Lutheran.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The passengers deplaned and were bused to the terminal.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In the five decades since busing began, many things have changed, including the racial makeup of the district.
    Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • People bus in from surrounding neighborhoods and towns.
    Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Even after driving there, car-sharing operators need to take an Uber or bus back to their home.
    Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2022

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