How to Use cab in a Sentence

cab

noun
  • Get in that cab with a new guy.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Bus or cab is more in my speed limit.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The back of the cab was just a big empty space.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Brandon stepped out of the truck cab with his gun drawn.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Georgi then watched as the trio pulled away in their cab.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For my taxi-cab drivers, don’t get any thoughts!
    Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The city’s fire chief says driverless cabs are not ready for prime time.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The fire was contained to the cab, Evans said.
    Timia Cobb breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The goal is to have no one in the cab, so … no people, no screens.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The cab includes a pair of bunk beds behind the seats.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Ski bags won’t fit in a standard cab or compact rental car.
    Evie Carrick, Outside, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The cab of the truck was sheared off and dragged about a quarter mile along the track.
    Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Then a taxi driver was pistol-whipped and dumped out of her cab.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Sloat jumped on the cab and fired about five shots, the driver believed.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Then his cab drove off — with, of course, a human still behind the wheel.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Followed by a cab triple cork 1440!
    Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The hood of the truck also popped open and could be seen hanging from the truck's cab.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Plano Fire‑Rescue crews freed the truck driver from the cab.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • My cab and subway rides between events are my most key moments.
    Valerie Butler, Essence, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Not everyone can afford to take a cab when the train doesn’t come.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Nora walks her childhood sweetheart down the block, puts him in a cab.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The elevator door had opened even though the cab wasn’t there.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Crews arrived to find the truck’s cab dangling from the bridge over the river.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Holding hands on silent cab rides home, exhausted from great food and red wine.
    Amy MacKelden, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab.
    Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • At one point that evening, the 5-year-old got out of the cab and was hit by part of the equipment.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Download the itTaxi app to order a cab on your phone.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Download the itTaxi app to order a cab on your phone.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
  • My husband's father was a cab driver.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Rupert told Diller in a cab on the way to Kluge’s apartment.
    Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026

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