Etymology
Origin of trainload
Example Sentences
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A trainload of Czech equipment arrived Sunday and another was en route Monday, though blocking off such shipments will clearly be a key Russian priority.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
One crew member on a high-speed train has close contact with an infected person, and a trainload of passengers is sent to quarantine for mass testing.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2021
Cowan's first foray into historical fiction takes place in 1916, when the unnamed town is waiting to receive a trainload of wounded soldiers from the front.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
“They have to finish off the last trainload before they have room for us.”
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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