How to Use conductor in a Sentence
conductor
noun- Metal is a good conductor of electricity.
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What did the bus conductor say to the frog?
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
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Try to think of them as conductors.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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So, what does a great conductor make?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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At the Tigers game, the conductor played down his own sports roots.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022
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The areas where conductors will be formed are blocked from the light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
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Nichrome, by the way, is the same type of conductor used in toasters.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 7 July 2021
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The conductor called the police and stopped the train.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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One of those paths leads to the conductor’s dressing room.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
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His dad would bring home copies of the conductor’s score for Williams to study.
—EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Don't ask anybody what makes a great conductor.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Willis joins in the singing, moving his arms like a conductor before the big note.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
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Think of yourself as a conductor, not just a user.
—Guy Leon Sheetrit, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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After getting the train stopped, the conductor found a man dead.
—Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 16 Aug. 2024
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Stop trying to be the conductor.
—Michael Hudson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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These ice chunks, which are also conductors, can stretch into shards.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
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Yes, on the orchestral stage, the conductor’s will still reigns.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022
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The speakers are shipped with a conductor between the two sets of binding posts.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
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Not as an all-rounder everywhere, but as a conductor in the final third.
—Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 6 June 2025
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Metra has conductors on every train as well as its own police force.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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My main theme is the conductor and instructor.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
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There are conductors who take it seriously and get away with it.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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As an even conductor of heat, the bowl would encourage a splendid rise.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 June 2022
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Goetz fled the scene after speaking briefly and coolly to the train conductor.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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That becomes the job of each director, each singer and each conductor.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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The driver of the train, a conductor and a passenger died.
—CBS News, 19 June 2026
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Harding hired renowned conductor coach Mark Stringer to work with him.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
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At high data rates, though, conductors like copper fall prey to what’s called the skin effect.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2025
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Rapper Fat Joe served as a guest conductor on the 1 train.
—Nick Friedell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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No helpful conductor this time.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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