commute

commute
01. I usually [commute] to work by bicycle, except when the weather is really bad.
02. Eric has to [commute] about 50 miles to work every day.
03. Two [commuter] trains crashed this morning in London, killing ten people and injuring scores of others.
04. She usually spends her morning [commute] either reading a book or napping on the bus.
05. More [commuters] would be attracted to cycling if there were enough bicycle routes.
06. According to a recently passed municipal bylaw, any new large commercial buildings that are built here have to include showers and lock-up space for bicycle [commuters].
07. In 1993, 350 houses were destroyed, thousands of people displaced, and part of London's last ancient woodlands cut down, all of which devastated the local community, to build a six-lane highway which saves [commuters] six minutes of travelling time.
08. Boston has added a number of new bicycle lanes to the principal [commuting] routes in the city.
09. There is little provision for bicycle [commuters] on the majority of the main roads in this city.
10. Seating on the world's first scheduled [commuter] airplane flight consisted of moveable wicker chairs.
11. Any new large commercial buildings that are built here have to include showers and lock-up space for bicycle [commuters].
12. The train was only stationary long enough for a few [commuters] to hop on.
13. Almost every weekday morning, free tissues are distributed to Japanese [commuters] by workers of the companies whose messages and advertisements are printed on the package.
14. Tele[commuting] may allow more people to work from less urbanized areas in the future.
15. If the bus company lowered fares and improved service, I think the number of [commuters] riding the buses would increase significantly.
16. The prisoner had his death sentence [commuted] to life in prison.
17. In January 2003, Illinois governor George Ryan announced that he had [commuted] the sentences of all of the state's death row inmates.
18. She has an hour and a half [commute] to work everyday.
19. The prisoner is expected to be executed within days, now that his request for [commutation] has been refused.
20. She wants to live on her farm on an island, so she [commutes] between Saltspring Island and Victoria by ferry and car every day.
21. E. B. White once wrote that a [commuter] is one who spends his life in riding to and from his wife.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
/ (a greater punishment by a less)


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