How to Use rail in a Sentence

rail

1 of 2 noun

• And then things went off the rails.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
• Baeza said the rail yard is miles long.
  — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 11 May 2026
• Fans feel like the show has gone off the rails.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Apr. 2026
• Gu said learned her trick for the first rail just last week.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
• The rails are being built right now.
  — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Rumor has it there was a cow on the rails.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• That is how megaprojects go off the rails.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• The future of high-speed rail starts now.
  — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
• The dark dirt from the rails grinding was nasty.
  — David Kamp, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• How bad is the gap between rail and air fares?
  — Nicole Kobie, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• A lot of the rail cars still need counters added.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
• Where would light rail go in Elk Grove?
  — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• What would light rail in Elk Grove cost?
  — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• What would light rail in Elk Grove cost?
  — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• Can my child ride RT light rail or bus alone?
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
• But now, Henry is off the rails.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• The camera then shifts to show the coin is not alone on the train rail.
  — Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
• And things seemed to go off the rails at the end and many times in between.
  — Nr Staff, National Review, 27 Sep. 2023
• The bullpen kept it close until the ninth, when things went off the rails.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
• While crews are on site, rail cars will single-track through the work zones.
  — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
• More than 20 countries have high-speed rail.
  — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• The rail can fit at least 10 items of clothing.
  — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2026
• Is there any hope for a rail-travel revival?
  — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
• And Alexander could make sure the show stays on the rails.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 May 2026
• And Egypt has broken ground on a high-speed rail line.
  — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• At this point, the show really goes off the rails.
  — Patrick R. Crowley, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
• The trio lunged over the balcony rail in full lemming mode.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
• Has this intro already gone off the rails?
  — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• The rail line can now be traveled in as little as three hours.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
• The issues with the rail run from overly sharp curves to old bridges.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023

rail

2 of 2 verb

• On the hand railing there was blood.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• Stines railed in the now-viral video.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• The crowd might start railing against her.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• And then Eve is railing ’ludes and is hot.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
• Even some Democrats have railed against the status quo.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
• The winds tore off part of his balcony railing.
  — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
• If needed, hang the rug over a fence or railing to shake out loose dirt.
  — Karen Grossman, Southern Living, 24 June 2025
• Public health experts railed against the move.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
• Crow does it a third time and lands on the porch railing, drilling her with a yellow eye.
  — Anne Carson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• This one is about Claire railing Lord John.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
• Along the stair railing was a garland adorned with golden baubles and lights.
  — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
• Rust covers the starboard railing near the ship's bow.
  — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
• There are still parties publicly railing against the deal.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
• Trump railed at the ruling on social media.
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
• Place near an evergreen shrub, porch railing, or wall.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
• Petra climbed to the second rung of the railing to revel in the cool winds.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
• Trump has railed against the governor over crime in Chicago.
  — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2026
• Mom was a boundary-pusher who very much railed against the constraints on women at that time.
  — May Cobb, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2023
• Sadly, men weren't the only ones to rail against women's suffrage.
  — Aj Willingham design: Kenneth Fowler, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
• Rhaenyra, much like Aegon, rails about her missing half-brothers.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Nothing completes a garden balcony like a railing planter to add charm to the space.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
• Faulty rails spring from his memory the way other people recall bad dates.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
• The crowd poured down the bleachers and stood at the front railing, cheering on the team that had given it their all.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026
• The obvious reaction is to rail against the guns, and rightly so.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
• Hanging pots from the railing using wire plant cages is a great way to easily grow greens and herbs.
  — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
• Its peel-and-stick design doesn’t require any drilling, and its durable carbon-steel guide rails glide smoothly.
  — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
• Other players rushed to the railing before heading to the first floor.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
• Bichette, clinging to the dugout railing, threw both his arms in the air in celebration.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
• However, our seats were in Row 1, which meant a trek up and down those steep steps, no hand rails in sight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
• Runners and nearby residents railed against the taking of park space.
  — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025