: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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Coke bought all the ad space in one of New York’s busiest subway stations.
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Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Isabela told Variety that the subway cars were really rocking when the infected were attacking it.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 May 2025
The clickers chase Ellie and Dina until the pair drops into a subway car full of skeletons (who have experienced a Top 10 fear of mine: enduring my last moments on public transportation somewhere)… and the infected FOLLOW THEM.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 May 2025
Once the rabid not-zombies showed up, there were a few less-convincing moments — none of the infected trying to tip the subway car scrambled on top?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
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Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Isabela told Variety that the subway cars were really rocking when the infected were attacking it.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 May 2025
The clickers chase Ellie and Dina until the pair drops into a subway car full of skeletons (who have experienced a Top 10 fear of mine: enduring my last moments on public transportation somewhere)… and the infected FOLLOW THEM.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 May 2025
Once the rabid not-zombies showed up, there were a few less-convincing moments — none of the infected trying to tip the subway car scrambled on top?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for subway
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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