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'rail' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'rail' with 7 example sentences.


rail noun

: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

: short for railway

: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

: a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

: any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

rail verb

: complain bitterly

: enclose with rails

: provide with rails

: separate with a railing

: convey (goods etc.) by rails

: travel by rail or train

: lay with rails

: fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

: spread negative information about

: criticize severely


  • The town is accessible by rail.
  • The train went off the rails.
  • The car crashed into the guard-rail and rolled down the hill.
  • She was as thin as a rail.
  • I cross the rail tracks every morning.
  • He was leaning against the rail.
  • The UK must improve the problems with its rail network.
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