How to Use shuttle in a Sentence

shuttle

1 of 2 noun
Definition of shuttlenext
  • A shuttle takes people from the parking lot to the airport.
  • Fans are required to use the shuttle service from the high school to the course.
    — Beth Ann Nichols, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The shuttle runs back and forth between the two Midtown hubs 18 hours a day.
    — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • What to know: The cost of the two-hour tour is $32.50, but the shuttle bus is not ADA accessible.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Let the Hyatt Regency's shuttle bus take you to the theme park free of charge.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2023
  • There will also be a free shuttle bus from 4 p.m. to midnight on both nights.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
  • For Mardi Gras balls, the timing of those shuttles could be an issue.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The 65-year-old shuttles between her home in the northern city of Haifa and Tel Aviv, by train, to work 11-hour night shifts four times a week.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Max Cho found himself in the middle of a bank run while sitting on a shuttle bus in Montana.
    — Ben Foldy, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Outside, a shuttle bus was dispatched to drive in front of the protesters in a feeble effort to block the noise.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Users are encouraged to download the Circuit app to find a shuttle.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Some teams pitched in for their own carpool shuttle, Bennett said.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The only viable option left was booking a shuttle back to our car.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • There’s also a daily shuttle bus from central Rome straight to the ruins.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Revenue from these new locations could help pay for the shuttle.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Most short-duration space flights take place on the shuttle, and launch itself is a huge stressor.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In that case, the T offered shuttle buses as a replacement.
    — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This shuttle service will drop fans off at Summit Street, which is a 10-minute walk to the second entry point.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The small aircraft is used for shuttle flights, but officials have not said where it was headed.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • The route can be busy, and parking is limited on weekends, so your best bet is to hop on one of the free shuttles to the Dry Creek Vista trailhead.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When shuttle missions resumed in 1988, the first three flights had all-male crews until Dr. Cleave was chosen to ride the Atlantis again.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Here's what to know about Summerfest county bus options: How do the shuttles work?
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The shuttle runs about every half hour from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends, as well as on Memorial Day and Juneteenth.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Out on the water, ferries shuttle back and forth across the narrow Strait of Gibraltar to the coastline of southern Spain, just 30 short minutes away.
    — James Montague Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • There’s also a golf cart shuttle that takes visitors around the island.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • The broadcast control room, with its assortment of screens, looks like the command center for a NASA shuttle launch.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Metro plans to fill the gap in rail service with free shuttle buses at each affected station.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • For riders who board at Packard’s Corner, the work sent them onto shuttle buses again and again, once for seven weeks in 2021.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • Any Line shuttle pass, where passengers can get picked up near popular hotels or landmarks in surrounding areas.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The mobility hub would serve public transit, rideshares and other passenger drop-offs as well as employee shuttle buses to the subway stop being built at Fairfax and Wilshire Boulevard.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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shuttle

2 of 2 verb
  • A bus shuttled people from the parking lot to the dock.
  • We shuttled between the city and the country all summer.
  • Devore didn’t have a car to shuttle to and from work and school or a place to live.
    — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • It was used to shuttle men from their barracks to the frontline through thick mud.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • The guard will shuttle between the Miami Heat and the G-League on a two-way contract.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Park rangers were able to shuttle tourists out of the parking area to nearby motels.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • His time with the Orioles came across three stints as he’s been shuttled back and forth between Triple-A and the majors.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2023
  • Campers and cabin guests and gear are then shuttled by van to the campground a half-mile from the marina.
    — Bonnie Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The buses shuttle thousands of workers to and from their homes, in villages 30 to 60 miles away.
    — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Stephen was a nursing student at the time and was shuttling between the homes of his parents, who lived apart.
    — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Michigan State staffers picked them up and shuttled them an hour to East Lansing.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The Old Quarter street became famous for the trains that would shuttle along the tracks just inches away from homes and shops.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Two years ago, Triston’s car was T-boned downtown while shuttling fans to a Padres game.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Sin allegedly sent Ubers to the boy’s house to pick him up and shuttle him to her location.
    — Fox News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • White House aides shuttled interns, movie stars, and Washington socialites in the White House front door and out the back in time for the next one.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • If Ullmark has had the net, then it’s Swayman’s turn to shuttle over as the good times ambassador.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Qatar hosted the talks and its diplomats shuttled between the two parties.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Units relied on tanker trucks for water and had to shuttle to refill their tanks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
  • East winds will continue to shuttle cold air into the metro area Sunday, but the clouds will have cleared off.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • These sea shuttles even venture as far as Portovenere, just outside the Cinque Terre.
    — Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
  • So don’t plan to shuttle carload after carload of friends onto the grounds.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Insulin shuttles it through the blood system into cells, giving you the get-up-and-go to play tennis, hit the gym and, or get work done.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune Well, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The armored vans and SUVs shuttle people to it until full.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • In the meantime, donkeys were ushering down the injured and shuttling up aid.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Allen shuttled back and forth between majors and minors in 2022.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Local police helped secure a school bus that was used to shuttle the team to a fast-food restaurant.
    — J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The aides shuttle the lawmakers between events in the middle of packed schedules.
    — Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Metro pays for the Dodger Stadium shuttles with revenues from grants, taxes and ads.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • And for guests who want to visit a neighboring property, there is a golf cart service that shuttles you door to door between each resort.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The agency had problems with launch delays, shuttles leaking fuel and the discovery of a flawed mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024

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