How to Use bridge in a Sentence

bridge

1 of 2 noun
  • The bridge, which stands 23 feet above the water, swings open to allow boats to pass through.
    Paul Berger, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The home is about 7 miles north of the bridge; the bridge is about 28 miles north of downtown Orlando.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • About 2,000 people are known to have died by jumping off the bridge.
    John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Dot onto the bridge of your nose and across your cheeks, and pat in to soften the effect point.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
  • For one thing, there are just more people coming across the bridges and through the tunnels.
    Jordyn Holman John Taggart, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Seven Mile Bridge at Marathon is one of the longest segmented bridges in the world.
    Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Ramps and stairs stitch the bridge and upper streets of Dotonburi to the crowded cafés and convenience stores along the canal.
    Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • One of Dru Sjodin’s shoes was found under a bridge in Crookston, roughly 25 miles away from the mall.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The bridge now seemed a luxury that Italy couldn’t afford.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • It is matched by a blue spinel used as the pivoting stone at the center of the tourbillon bridge.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The trailer of the truck could be seen wedged against the beams of the bridge, stopping it from falling into the water below.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Four makeup artists spent two and a half hours applying a nose bridge, tip pieces and adding in teeth.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
  • There was that safety bridge, uh, spanning Front Street and the Norfolk Southern tracks at the north end of flats.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Best sellers include the horn hoodie, the bridge boots, the hybrid trousers and the aforementioned bags.
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The rapper sauntered on stage with an oversized chain and sang a bit of the bridge before hugging Williams.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 June 2023
  • Its outdoor features include a pool with a small stone bridge, a cabana and a spa area.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • Especially on our bridges–where the captain steers the ship.
    Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The entrance was accessed by crossing a short bridge over the below-ground garden and cafe.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Darnold could be available for a return tour if the Vikings merely used him as a bridge to a hot-shot rookie draft pick.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • More than 50 salvage divers and 12 cranes are on site to help cut out sections of the bridge and remove them from the key waterway.
    Brian Witte, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • MoDOT staff along with other workers are preparing for the blast of the north arch of the bridge on Thursday.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As for the rest of her face, Jennifer Lopez tapped a liquid peach highlighter onto her cheekbones and down the bridge of her nose.
    Georgia Day, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Firefighters rushed to bridges and access points, the alert said, before finding the dog had made its way ashore.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The bridge will be open Monday through Friday between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Repairs were needed because of wear and tear over time on the bridge, which was built more than six decades ago, Welborn said.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The documents said the Secret Service intended to close the bridge's walkways as the yacht drew near.
    CBS News, 26 May 2023
  • My sweet baby boy, my pigs, my everything has crossed the rainbow bridge.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Roads, bridges and train tracks built to the design standards of the 20th century are buckling from extreme heat gripping the globe.
    Eric Niiler, WSJ, 25 July 2023
  • The move from billion-user platforms back to balkanized networks on clubbier apps such as Discord could allow savvy individuals to step in and bridge distinct worlds.
    W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
  • The docks are gaining cargo diverted from the port of Baltimore after a container vessel ran into a major bridge there, causing the bridge to collapse and halting cargo traffic.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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bridge

2 of 2 verb
  • The theme of bridging a gap can be heard on the new 10-track album.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Fillers Midsize plants bridge the space between thrillers and spillers.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Race Thompson's dunk caps a 10-0 run bridging the halves.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There is a cantilevered landing that juts out from the studio, bridging it to the main house.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 30 June 2023
  • These programs have been shown over and over again to bridge a variety of needs.
    Samyukta Mullangi and Vinayak Venkataraman, STAT, 31 May 2023
  • Clearly, this is a gap the public sector can’t bridge on its own.
    Carmine Di Sibio, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • When one of you lights up your lamp, the other one glows, too, bridging the miles in a heartwarming way.
    Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • More schools are making efforts to bridge the racial gap in medical schools.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • If there are glimmers of how trust gaps might be bridged, stark divides remain.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Cut the tape to size, and use connectors (sold separately) to bridge gaps and make turns.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Since the première of the film, at Cannes last year, there have been efforts, in reviews, to bridge the character of Lizzy to her creator.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • Left to entertain people, he would be found bridging the top of a glass with matches.
    Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • As far as the future of the program, Dean sees continued growth toward bridging the racial wealth gap.
    Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The mosque, the largest in Europe, is a gleaming, low-slung modern structure that artfully bridges East and West.
    David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • The idea was to see if the intimate act would somehow bridge a political gap.
    Nina Siegal, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • That said, there are plenty of models that bridge both worlds, so to speak, and can be used in most climates without too much trouble.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The space will help bridge the digital divide that prevails in Kearns, said Trish Hull, manager of the Kearns branch.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the preferred place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
    Jordan-Marie Smith, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The effective middle relief, a group that has been hit or miss this season, bridged the game to Bautista, who tossed a scoreless ninth for his 30th save of the season.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The Yale locals’ effort to put members in office was part of a larger mission to bridge New Haven’s town-gown divide.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Scott also suggested that placing the complex there would help bridge the divide between the parts of the city that fall north and south of Interstate 630.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The shooting was scheduled in four-episode clusters where the live action was filmed to bridge it together with the licensed Japanese footage.
    Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There is no learning that bridges the before and after of a singularity.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Synergy concept's sloping roofline flows into a rear spoiler that bridges the fenders.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The financial gap had been bridged by federal aid during the first three years of the pandemic, but that money is drying up.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • Still, the writers and the studios and streamers still have significant differences to bridge.
    Erica Werner, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The candidates are focusing on who can bridge Black and Latino voices.
    Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But beyond that standoff, some social divides are being bridged rather than widened.
    Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As of this week, Amazon and Samsung have finally added support for bridging.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Thermal batteries can help bridge this gap in industrial settings and may prove adaptable to existing systems.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024

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