How to Use double-decker in a Sentence

double-decker

noun
  • At what seemed to be the end of the night, Roman and her party loaded onto a double-decker bus.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The following shot showed the group of four dressed in gowns and smiling in front of an iconic red double-decker bus.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The climax of this parade was the river crossing on the Bir-Hakeim bridge, which is a double-decker: the métro shares it with a roadway.
    Andrew Martin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The double-decker cars, being heavier, didn’t slip like some of the lightweight cars did, so they were used for the first few trains in the morning to scrape off the rails.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Auriemma asked the fans assembled in front of the team’s double-decker bus.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
  • How about one of those double-decker tour buses in London?
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • The entrance was boarded up, but the double-decker restaurant and bar remained.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Doesn’t New York have those double-decker tourist buses?
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Rolling past them was a double-decker tour bus, hardly an unusual sight on the streets of London.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
  • One of Perkins' new double-decker burgers, which the restaurant chain is adding to its menu under a rebranding plan.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 June 2024
  • The restaurant is known for its Big Boy, double-decker burger, and Slim Jim sandwiches.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
  • These machines, which are larger than a double-decker bus and can cost more than $400 million each, are key to ASML's future growth plans.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 16 July 2025
  • Next to that is a BBQ smokehouse, a double-decker treehouse bar and an outdoor seating area wrapping around a fire pit.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The other bus is a 30-foot-long classic red British double-decker, called the Double Decker Espresso.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Great America beckons The Santa Clara theme park, with its famed double-decker carousel, is open for the season.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
  • This double-decker domicile packs in upwards of 380 square feet of indoor space across its two levels.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There were only eight planes in the world that fit the bill, including a flashy double-decker jet that Qatar had been trying to sell for several years, with no luck.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • The double-decker tower bears a scallop crudo with lemongrass and octopus in a red-bean-curd dressing.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The stylish interiors have been causing a stir online, as has the double-decker dining car.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
  • While Alexandra is no longer with us, Rallis, now 96 years old, is still slinging his own recipe of Cincinnati chili, as well as double-deckers and burgers.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • The double-decker home has a living room, bedroom, a fully functioning kitchen and bathroom, plus, a rooftop terrace to boot.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Music blasted from floats, players sprayed champagne from atop double-decker buses, and the Stanley Cup itself gleamed in the ocean breeze, held high for all to see.
    Al Diaz, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
  • For an extra dose of history, hop aboard the Beaufort historic double-decker bus tour.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Learn all about Beaufort’s storied history on a double-decker bus or ghost tour.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • Accessible via a 38-foot glass bridge, the al fresco space is centered around a double-decker swimming pool.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The double-decker club, quartered and speared, is served on Japanese milk bread with chicken katsu tucked inside, fervent and juicy in its panko crust.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • During the Dodgers’ World Series parade, Flaherty imbibed atop a double-decker bus and spoke with awe.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The 60-year-old double-decker train was rumbling along the century-old track toward Tecate on a recent Saturday.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • One company is even designing a double-decker seat for this idea.
    Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023

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