How to Use bullet train in a Sentence

bullet train

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  • And now a bullet train that will speed through Japan at up to 200 mph.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 23 May 2018
  • To reach Osaka, the next stop on the tour, travelers boarded Japan's high speed bullet train.
    — USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
  • Feds could be coming for California's over-budget bullet train.
    — Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • By evening, bullet trains and some local trains had resumed operation, and stations were swollen with commuters trying to get home.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • As opposed to frivolous vanity projects, like the bullet train to O'Hare.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 18 June 2018
  • The assistance takes the form of cheap land for factories, new highways for freight trucks, bullet train lines and other infrastructure.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • And there is no funding in sight for a bullet train connection to Southern California.
    — Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • By evening, bullet trains and some local trains had resumed operation, and stations were swollen with commuters trying to get home, many of them waiting in long lines.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018
  • Tickets for both Amtrak trains and the Texas bullet train will be available for purchase on Amtrak's reservation system.
    — Ileana Najarro, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2018
  • Shinkansen, Japan’s bullet train, is the best way to get there.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
  • And, oh, who’s that guy Brad Pitt just brushed past aboard a bullet train?
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And all of them riding a non-stop bullet train in Japan.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The exception to this rule is the high-speed bullet trains.
    — Allan Richarz, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020
  • About a third of bullet trains in Nagano were submerged.
    — Julie Zaugg and Chie Kobayashi, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Transfers to the different rivers will be made via the TGV bullet train, one of the fastest trains in the world.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2022
  • Take the case of a Shinkansen bullet train driver who left the cockpit to use the bathroom on May 16.
    — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 20 May 2021
  • The project aims to emulate the Shinkansen bullet train, which runs through Japan at speeds of about 200 mph.
    — Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Yukawa even went so far as to ask his assistant to book a seat on the bullet train for him.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
  • And all of them riding a nonstop bullet train in Japan.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 June 2022
  • The government created most of the snow venues from scratch and built a bullet train to get there from the city.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • It is set in Japan and takes place entirely on a bullet train.
    — Diep Tran, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Koji boards the bullet train to get revenge on the person who harmed his son.
    — Diep Tran, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • So, a ride on this bullet train is well worth it—for foodies and fangirls alike.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 June 2018
  • Items fell off shelves and cars in a bullet train derailed, with no injuries.
    — Peter Landers, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • But the second point is the speed of transport links, notably the bullet trains between cities.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • In a sweet moment, Ben and his dad smile together in front of a bullet train.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • That means the Central Valley link has the green light and is projected to see a bullet train by 2030.
    — Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
  • China has also become a vast new market in its own right — one that companies are loath to leave — and has invested huge sums in highways, bullet trains and other systems that make connecting buyers and sellers cheap and easy.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • The California bullet train has pushed for a big piece of the money.
    — Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • There are currently more than 25 active construction sites in the Central Valley dedicated to that phase of the bullet train.
    — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024

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