Example Sentences

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Farley said it’s difficult to recruit people who will commute and power wash downtown stations overnight.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

With limited places to stay in the host nation, some will commute in from neighboring states.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2022

"I pray that Governor Polis, who has been a leader on supporting reforms that increase human dignity in the legal system, will commute his sentence."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

For now, she’ll live in a hotel during the week while she’s at school and will commute home to Riverside on weekends.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021

"Of course," I said, "I will be doing the same but opposite. I will commute north in the winter and south in the summer."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg