How to Use queue in a Sentence

queue

1 of 2 noun

• We were forced to stand in a queue.
• Three jobs remain in the printer queue.
• Users should form a line... and get in the queue for Amazon Q.
  — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Here are 12 true-crime shows to add to your queue for your next night in.
  — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2023
• Then the operator moves on to study the next project in the queue.
  — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• The stacks of narrow boxes are like coffins in a queue.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Behold the Maseratis in the queue: eager to race, forced to idle.
  — Rico Gagliano, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Buy your tickets online ahead of the show to avoid a long queue.
  — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 28 Jan. 2023
• The best part: Because there’s no counter, there’s no queue of any kind.
  — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
• Still, simply being in the queue allowed Maryam and her husband to stay and work in the US.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• Netflix will then send up to 10 random discs based on the movies in the subscriber’s queue.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 22 Aug. 2023
• Still looking for more great titles to add to your queue?
  — WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
• Four weeks later, Part 2 will hit queues and be told in six episodes.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and your TV watching queue is getting longer.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• There is a long queue of solar and wind projects waiting for this kind of study.
  — Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• Beware that as the morning arrives, the queue, even for this line, can get long.
  — Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
• And that's simply because there's a queue, there's a line, and these people are in that line.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Now, this Mars mission has moved up in the queue to be first in line on the New Glenn manifest.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• Wait It Out: As a last resort, wait for your queue to expire.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
• Shoppers looking to buy or pick up a gun from the store scan a QR code to be placed in a waiting queue.
  — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2022
• The line at the box office was so long that by noon, the arena urged fans to stay at home instead of joining the queue.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 2 Mar. 2023
• Guests will earn more about it all in the ride's queue, which Disney Parks revealed will smell like beignets.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• Guests get the first taste of this at the end of the queue which winds through sleek and futuristic corridors.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Bring on the sequel! 2 For a horror film that meets the moment, queue up Bodies to the third power.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2023
• There are 64 booked and 68 non-booked vessels in the queue waiting to transit as of Friday night.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Cases left behind were redistributed and sent to the back of the queue.
  — Lisa Rein, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
• Before the company shut down the sale, there were over a million fans in the ticket queue.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 14 July 2023
• Get ready to wait in a long queue during hanami season.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
• This can also give you a buffer if there's a hefty queue at the charging station.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2023
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will have a virtual queue during the event.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023

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queue

2 of 2 verb

• The crowd was queuing at the snack bar.
• The House didn’t yet have a short-term spending bill queued up.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Oh, and don't forget to queue up an old-school playlist to match.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
• Even in death, some have to queue for their resting place.
  — Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023
• Who's ready to queue up the hit and sail away with us to another world?
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2020
• It’s not too late to queue up the perfect playlist of Halloween songs for your spooky fete.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022
• Better to call it a day, grab some dinner, check in, bed down and queue up a movie for the kids.
  — Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2021
• If this repeats next year, then queue up the scapegoats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
• All the more reason to queue up the source of their inspiration.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
• Taxis do not queue at Chatsworth, so they must be called for return.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
• Got my playlist queued, my heart rate's high, going to run this mile, going to touch the sky.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
• So pour yourself a drink, curl up, and queue up your favorite movie.
  — Vulture, 17 Feb. 2021
• Last year, when supply chain wrangles were at their worst, the port saw dozens of ships queue up.
  — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 26 July 2022
• So pour yourself a drink, curl up, and queue up your favorite rom-com.
  — Vulture, 2 Mar. 2021
• People queued up early in the morning in long lines to get a tasty plate from one of the 22 food vendors.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
• Fans from across the country — and around the world — queued outside the midtown venue in KISS merchandise and face paint.
  — Joe Kottke, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The event led hundreds to queue up for hours in a line that snaked through the West Village streets for what appeared to be longer than a mile.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
• On Mother’s Day, customers queue up to three hours for a table.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• At Lower Antelope Canyon, visitors queue up on top of the canyon to await their turn to walk down the steps and through the slot.
  — Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
• This sight is well worth queueing up for — or, buy your ticket in advance to save time.
  — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• Last year’s in-demand containers are back, but folks won’t need to queue up.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• The City types that usually queue for its sizzling cuts were forced to go without.
  — The Economist, 25 June 2020
• The account also posted a picture of the NFL player queuing up to try one of their hot dogs.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• Ask the thousands who queue up days before a new Apple product launch.
  — Michael Peres, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2022
• Voting was to end at 9 p.m., but by law, polling stations stayed open to accept all who queued up, and the last one closed at 5 a.m. Monday.
  — Tomek Rolski, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• The music supervisor queued up the choo choo of a freight train, the clanging of an old-timey clock, and a chorus of pigeon coos.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Drivers will be allowed to queue up for the exit for two miles rather than the few hundred yards for the existing ramp.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 20 May 2021
• There were people queueing up around the block for extra tickets.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• Just a few hours after sprinting for his life, Marsh had already queued up the footage and was showing it to students at lunchtime.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• Again, not everybody will be able to get their vaccination right then, but to be able to queue up and get in line.
  — CBS News, 14 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024