empty carriage
Frequency: 6.26.8 per million words
A train car with no people inside.
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Examples (10)
- We were lucky to find an empty carriage on the crowded morning train.
- Late at night, the train pulled in with a long line of empty carriages.
- The film's opening scene shows a mysterious figure sitting alone in an otherwise empty carriage.
- Is there any chance we'll find an empty carriage at this time of day?
- He walked through three full cars before finally settling into an empty carriage at the back.
- The last service of the day often has at least one completely empty carriage.
- She enjoyed the solitude of the empty carriage on her journey home.
- I thought I saw a ghost in the reflection of the empty carriage's window.
- Despite the holiday rush, the first-class section was a surprisingly empty carriage.
- The children ran up and down the aisle of the empty carriage, their laughter echoing.