How to Use station in a Sentence

station

1 of 2 noun
  • They drove him to the bus station.
  • They were aware of her station in life.
  • The waiters were at their stations in the dining room.
  • The sailors were ordered to man their battle stations.
  • He had married above his station.
  • The game will be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • But by the time deputies responded to the scene about a mile from the station, the girl had already left on foot.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Hansen further told the TV station that a church event was going on at the park at the same time as the shooting.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Momen was at his station when news broke of the Hamas attack.
    Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Sarah Heard said in a brief interview in the station’s lobby.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The 10 stations that could be shuttered have yet to be decided.
    Michael Laris, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The gas station had not been reinspected as of Thursday evening.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The man purchased a ticket at the station shortly before the crossing, Reile said.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Watch on The synopsis for the show states Saldaña plays Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 29 July 2023
  • Mages told the station that police were questioning neighbors in the area.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The agency shared a photo of the animal — a brown bull with white horns — lounging in the middle of the tracks near the edge of a railway station.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The area is also open to fishing and has grilling stations and picnic tables.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Brown said the state’s website incorrectly says the Healy station works.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The other will be a tanker version to carry methane and liquid oxygen to the gas station.
    Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Cody Weems told the station that the woman pulled out a knife during the confrontation and stabbed his wife multiple times.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Chef Dae Kim will lead the kitchen at the 12-seat tasting counter nestled underground at the entrance of a subway station.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
  • One group took over a television station during a live broadcast and held the staff at gunpoint.
    Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The only problem was the Continental Oil Co. had an option to buy the old church and erect a filling station.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The tree was estimated at 40 feet in height, the station reported.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
  • So, across Cap-Haïtien there are charging stations for phones and laptops.
    Eyder Peralta, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Sprouse told the council the building has two large vehicle bays that would suit the new use as an ambulance station.
    Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Six of the city’s 15 stormwater pump stations were overwhelmed during Monday’s storm, with two still out of service.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Two of the city’s 15 pump stations remained out of service; six were overwhelmed during Monday’s storm.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Previously, transit police were only able to ask fare evaders to pay the fare or leave the station.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • People take shelter inside a metro station during an air alert in Kyiv on Wednesday.
    Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
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station

2 of 2 verb
  • He stationed the guards around the camp.
  • He stationed himself by the door to greet the guests.
  • They stationed troops at the border.
  • The wife of a missing U.S. soldier stationed in Texas has died, the Army said.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 26 May 2023
  • The Royals' Matt Duffy, who had been stationed at first for the at-bat, scampered home for a run.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Yes West since they were stationed on the West Coast of America.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The band was stationed at the center of the dance floor, playing acoustic music.
    Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Same goes for some of the Marines stationed just 15 minutes away at Camp Pendleton.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Tour hosts will be stationed throughout the house to ensure guests don’t get lost.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • We were stationed in front of the curtain on stairs that led to the floor of the auditorium.
    Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the past, most of your users were stationed at their desks, close to the hardware that stored and protected their data.
    Russ Kennedy, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Lively's dress is stationed in the King's Gallery, which was one of the main entertaining spaces in the palace.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The poster noted that there are two scanners at the entrance to the store, with employees stationed at each.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • So, should - shouldn't all troops, regardless of where they're stationed, get the same treatment?
    CBS News, 16 July 2023
  • Both police and army officers are stationed at the compound, which is in a city close to the border with Afghanistan.
    Habibullah Khan, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Two sheriff's deputies were stationed outside to guard his home.
    Averi Harper, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Some of the footage showed people crowding the iron gate at the entrance, trying to break out as the police were stationed outside.
    Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The shots rang out not far from where police were stationed less than one hour before midnight.
    John Sharp, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The store at one time stationed a security guard near the entrance.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The two met in 1935 on one of Carson’s frequent trips home to Columbus, near an Army base where the twenty-one-year-old Reeves was stationed.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Mulholland was stationed at the press tent that morning.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The county will have six dumpsters, one for each of the county districts, stationed for people to throw away debris from the storm.
    Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Zal and his team, including the focus pullers for each camera, were stationed in the basement, away from the actors.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Cafeteria staff like Katherine Carter are stationed in the busy lunch lines to pass out condiments and mark down notes on each meal.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, Elvis was also stationed in the country for his own military duty.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Then just a month before he was killed, Chappell received a steady stream of gifts from her son who was stationed in Kabul.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • By the next morning, hundreds of police officers were stationed along the route and around Union Station.
    Hyojung Kim, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In 2014, he was stationed in California, and brought his young children with him.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Usually these workers are stationed in the global south, where wages are cheap.
    WIRED, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Dance teams were stationed along each of the foul lines, led by emcees who were part in-game hosts, part cheerleaders and part Vegas street performers.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024

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